Bass bias?

When my congregation intones the Lord's Prayer, everyone seems
to use a cellar voice. We sound like a bass section, women and children
included.

On a recent Sunday I dropped out and listened. I thought the
deep, resonant sound was pretty neat--until I mentioned it on Facebook. I was
hoping to hear from friends in other congregations, to learn whether this is
true elsewhere. But I mostly heard from people from my own church-- all women who
were not too happy about the bass droning.

One woman said her voice is naturally low, so she makes an
effort to speak higher. Another said she tries to speak with a natural pitch,
rather than going down to the basement.