Ladies, are you really cold all the time?

Question

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?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

In elderly those with Alzheimer's or dementia they'd think of they're chilly yet get it at a loss for words with being warm and vice versa. they'd even get warm and chilly water temperatures at a loss for words. additionally, particularly some elderly human beings tend to be skinny notwithstanding in the event that they at the instant are not bodily lively. it somewhat is called "dropping". it somewhat is muscle atrophy and fat loss. while they're inactive in addition they have unfavorable blood stream so this coupled with the muscle and fat loss would lead them to sense much extra chilly. Then, like others have suggested, their pores and skin is thinner and their veins are closer to the surfaces and extra suggested. the only factor to do is to get the guy shifting and placed on warmer outfits. If she is susceptible and/or can no longer stand long sufficient you may get a variety of portable medaling exercisers so she will take a seat in a chair and watch television mutually as doing it and you ought to use them to workout her hands too. Oh and a few elderly are chilly and are not frail in any respect and are very wholesome. from time to time, being inactive is an indication that the elderly guy or woman is giving up on residing (particular, even without melancholy).

Answer 3

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!)

Answer 4

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!!!

Answer 5

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.

Answer 6

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.

Answer 7

No, most of the time I'm the one that's warm and everyone else is cold.

Answer 8

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.

Answer 9

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.

Answer 10

I'm not cold natured. I like the cool.

Have you thought of having your own fan on (or under) your desk?