Why voiceless consonants are generally less marked

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Assignment:

Why voiceless consonants are generally considered less marked (i.e. unmarked) relative to their voiced counterparts with respect to simplicity? explain using the consonant pair /p/ and /b/ in your answer.

Source: Moravcsik 2013 Introducing Linguistic typology.

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