Query: Midwestern Female Speech More Accented than Male?

[Grant Barrett]

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fromaddress = rfswearinger at aol.com
firstname = Richard
lastname = Swearinger
notes = Here's a question I ask myself all the time....

Why do midwestern women (Iowa/Minnesota) have a much more pronounced accent than the
men?