Question:
Ladies, are you really cold all the time?
Joe Somebody
2006-11-07 12:07:56 UTC
I swear, i work in an office full of women and the thermostat was at 76 degrees today!!! I was sweating just sitting there!

And even at home, i can be in shorts and a tank top and my wife will be in a sweatshirt and have 3 blankets on.

Am i stereotyping here; or is it really a fact that women are always colder?
29 answers:
chicyuna
2006-11-07 12:22:37 UTC
Sorry this is long, but it explains why women do get more colder than men. The rest can be found on http://www.s-t.com/daily/03-96/03-04-96/2cold.htm





Women Feel Chill of Cold Weather More Than Men

By Redbook, For The Associated Press

Women tend to be winter wimps when it comes to cold weather -- but there are physiological reasons why they get cold more easily than men.



Women generally have less muscle, physiologist Henry Lukaski, of the USDA Human Nutrition Research Center in North Dakota, told Tamara Eberlein in an article in the current issue of Redbook, and muscles produce body heat.

"Women are smaller, too," he said, "and so have a slightly lower metabolic rate which, like a smaller engine, generates less warmth."

The fact that women have a higher percentage of body fat doesn't insulate them.

"It's true that fat insulates, which is why slender people often feel chillier than overweight ones," said Thomas Doubt, of the National Institutes of Health. "But women's higher body-fat ratio is due primarily to breast tissue, not a thicker fat layer overall."

Women tend to have more padding on hips and thighs than men, but men are more likely to have extra fat around the waist and upper torso, where it may help insulate vital organs and prevent core temperature from decreasing.

Further, blood circulation to arms and legs is less vigorous in women, according to environmental medicine researcher Wayne Askew of the University of Utah, which is why hands and feet often are the first to feel frosty.

"The temperature of each body part is directly related to blood flow to that area," Mr. Askew said. "The more blood, the more warmth."

Hands and feet are prone to some degree of cold no matter what your sex.
goodknight
2016-10-21 14:40:47 UTC
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cloudy5767
2006-11-07 12:12:14 UTC
It's true. Glad to know it's not just me! My boyfriend sits on the couch with shorts and a tank top, with the ceiling fan on high, the air conditioning on, and I'm wrapped in a blanket bitching about how cold it is (and yes, the temp is usually about 76 degrees!)
Loli M
2006-11-07 12:12:03 UTC
No, you aren't stereotyping...some of us are cold...very cold alot of the time.



I'm not cold all the time but I get cold faster and stay cold much...no MUCH longer than my husband.



You and your wife sound like me and my hubby...he wears a light jacket on a cold morning and I'm bundled like an Eskimo!!!
Ann
2006-11-07 12:11:36 UTC
I really think it is, unless its a fat woman. I don't like it to be too cold (if you get what I mean) at work. But being cold at home is great because I get to snuggle up with my boyfriend.
Shadow
2006-11-07 12:13:40 UTC
I agree with yogi bear. I'm usually too hot & it's the men in my office who are freezing their buns off & turning up the thermostat. I think everyone has different comfort zones based on medical history & data. I don't think it's really so much a gender based thing as it is a constitutional difficulty. I just wish we could all trade around & wind up in offices where we were with people who were comfortable with the same temps.
icddppl
2006-11-07 12:10:47 UTC
No, most of the time I'm the one that's warm and everyone else is cold.
Danielle
2006-11-07 12:19:14 UTC
I don't know about all women, but I'm usually complaining about how I'm cold and my boyfriend's always telling me that I'm crazy because it's not that cold.
2006-11-07 12:10:36 UTC
Absolutely not! I am a female and am very hot natured. In our office the MEN keep coming in to my office [invading my space] and messing with the thermostat! I think they need to put on a sweater! Don't judge all women as the same.
jordan_30241
2006-11-07 12:21:43 UTC
I'm not cold natured. I like the cool.



Have you thought of having your own fan on (or under) your desk?
Steph
2006-11-07 12:14:22 UTC
Yeah, you're stereotyping, but probably not intentionally. The women you know just happen to be cold a lot. I, personally am always warm! My friends & bf know this & will grab my hands to warm theirs up. My dad says it is b/c I am Texan & am hot-blooded, lol.
Pinky
2006-11-07 12:17:10 UTC
Yep its true Ladies

get colder than the guys!

Like now its 18 degress

and i cant even feel my legs

Im freezing!

And here next 2 me my bro

is wearing a singlet!

Kinda sucks!
Tiffy
2006-11-07 12:13:01 UTC
not all of us are always cold last week the house was 80 and mom said it was just right but the rest of us were sweating doing nothing.
Bebe1016
2006-11-07 12:18:17 UTC
I'm always cold and the men here get mad when I turn the heat up.
already_enuff_spice_in_this
2006-11-07 13:07:28 UTC
My boyfriend accuses me of having lava hands but he doesn't complain when his is cold only when he's not.
2006-11-07 12:11:00 UTC
I am... its in the 80's outside right now and I have the windows open.
Lindsey H
2006-11-07 12:11:08 UTC
Yeah I'm usually a little chilly.

Maybe it is just our body temp is different from guys.

I dont know
svmainus
2006-11-07 12:14:28 UTC
Nooo I'm not cold all the time ...BUT...I do seem to be too hot or too cold...seldom am I comfortable.
Emery
2006-11-07 12:09:58 UTC
I cannot speak for all women, but I am always cold.
Solitaire
2006-11-07 12:12:02 UTC
I am

Not sure about everyone else

My normal temp would be 75

I like to be hot
Mental Floss
2006-11-07 12:13:56 UTC
They're just tired of all the men staring at the highbeams on their headlights all the time.
BattleAngel
2006-11-07 12:17:41 UTC
Not me. I'm normally the one asking: "is it hot in here or is it just me?" I like to keep my apartment cold/chilly especially when I go to bed b/c it helps me sleep. I'm normally feeling warm. My mom nicknamed me her "Polar Bear"...



~BattleAngel~
manatee_love
2006-11-07 12:10:47 UTC
i am always cold too. when me and my b/f are sleeping he like to have the window open and i freeze, either that or he'll turn on the cieling fan and i freeze then too.
2006-11-07 12:32:04 UTC
yes am always cold
2006-11-07 12:25:41 UTC
Yes, most of us are. I have a small heater by my desk now.

Drives my boss crazy.
kim_in_craig
2006-11-07 12:10:50 UTC
Personally, no. I use it as an excuse to snuggle with my husband.
Joni J
2006-11-07 12:11:19 UTC
nah, wait till she hits menopause. lol..
♥ to ......
2006-11-07 12:28:08 UTC
I know I am.
crimsonsnapdragon
2006-11-07 12:16:25 UTC
hmm, that does sound like me.


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