Finally, we’re talking about gendered temperature differences

For about 10 years I’ve been fairly convinced that men and women operate at different body temperatures.

I’ve had so many experiences where I have been freezing cold and my male counterpart has been burning up at the same time.

It doesn’t matter if we’re inside or outside, the end result is my body being covered in goosebumps while my male friends fan themselves desperately for cool air. I’m glad that people have finally come to the realization that this is a true biological phenomenon. Men inherently run at a warmer body temperature than a lot of women. With knowledge comes power, and I hope that power translates to more democratic thermostat settings in public places. For as long as I can remember, I have been brutally cold at my job. I’ve never worked in a place where the thermostat felt like it was appropriately set based on my temperature preferences. I’m always stuck in an office with overhead air vents blasting brutally cold and dry air conditioned air down my neck all day. Even when I wear sweatshirts and sweaters, I shiver in my seat all day long. When I have consulted my various coworkers the men have always stated that the air temperature couldn’t be low enough for them. Since my previous bosses have always been men, they’ve been in charge of determining the central thermostat settings. This means, I get stuck with their arctic air temperature preferences and nobody listens to the quiet girl in the corner wrapped in a blanket. Now that the conversation has finally shifted and we recognize our gendered temperature differences, I have to hope that women get a larger say in thermostat programming across the world.

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