Do men feel the cold less than women?

Answer 1

Men have a higher percentage of muscle in their bodies this means that they generally have higher metabolisms than women and so are less prone to being cold. They also tend to have a larger body mass which takes longer to cool down.

I'm the only woman in my office and my colleagues are always trying to freeze me to death :)

Answer 2

No it's all the same cold if you're a woman or a man but men can take more punishment than women.This means that if it's cold outside both men and women will feel it but men don't mind it as much as women do.And once you get really warm if you're a man you will sometimes start to feel that it's warm but don't move or else you'll lose the heat and get RREEAALLLLYYYYYYYYYY cold!

Answer 3

Women have a higher ratio of surface to volume than men and thus shed heat faster. The reasoning here is that heat generation is determined by volume (radius cubed), while heat dissipation is determined by skin surface area (radius squared). The smaller your size, the lower your heat generation/heat dissipation ratio, and the colder you are. Probably part of the answer--see below. Men have more heat-generating muscle mass. Muscles are well supplied with blood vessels. The more muscle, the more blood flow and the more warmth. Women have a higher vasoconstriction threshold temperature. Vasoconstriction is the process by which, as the external temperature falls, blood flow to the skin is restricted in order to divert blood to internal organs, thus maintaining core temperature. The theory: as ambient temp falls, women shut off blood flow to the skin sooner in order to provide more warmth to their unborn babies, so they feel colder. Interesting idea but as yet unproven--though women do seem to have lower skin temperature when exposed to cold. Women get colder during menstruation. Supposedly this is due to anemia, hormonal changes, etc. However, most studies haven't shown much difference between menstruating and nonmenstruating women in terms of heat response. As you say, female aversion to cold doesn't seem to be confined to a particular time of the month.

Answer 4

Usually. It has to do with the fact that men have slightly lower body temperatures than women. Also women have more sensitive skin than men.

Men also interpret pain and temperature in different parts of their brains than women. Sometimes this allows men to ignore or disregard certain types of pain and cold.

Answer 5

Men generally have a higher muscle mass than women, muscle produces energy (and warmth) so the more you have the more heat you will create for yourself, thus feeling warmer.

So yes, in general men will be warmer than women and feel the cold less. (nothing to do with levels of fat)

Answer 6

Men in general are less sensitive to cold/hot tempertures because the receptors in the skin are much deeper in men's skin than in women's skin. The receptors in the skin is what tell the brain that we are cold or hot.

Answer 7

Men have more hair so can keep warmer. My ex was like Yeti so never got cold lol.

Answer 8

i dont think so, i know many men who say its cold when i dont feel it. I have to say i am hardly ever cold!

Answer 9

No, women tend to have more body fat than men so technically they should be warmer than men;

Answer 10

Yes they do i read somewhere that men really do have thicker skin then women