I’ve always wondered why men as well as ladies feel comfortable at different room temperatures, however in other words, why is it that men want the a/c set cooler, while ladies reach for their cardigans? After googling the question, I found that there are many explanations.
One is that ladies have a lower metabolic rate than men. Our metabolic rate is responsible for, among other things, body heat production. Also, men generally have greater muscle mass than ladies, which is also responsible for body heat production. So who gets to control the thermostat – at toil as well as at home? At work, hands down, the a/c settings are controlled by men. It turns out that engineers who design office space use building code standards that take the metabolic rates of men into account. That’s not to say that female employees take the chilly temperatures sitting down, so to speak… Hidden video cameras at many office sites have captured both male as well as female culprits changing the thermostat settings – up to ten different times a day. Other guerilla tactics in the a/c battles include taping cardboard over air vents, non-stop complaints to facilities managers, as well as tampering with locked thermostats… But once the battle moves to the property front, it’s an unquestionably different matter. Home is where ladies prevail when it comes to temperature settings, especially at night. But men argue that when it comes to the family room, the lady should bundle up with more blankets so that he can sleep comfortably with the a/c set at a cooler temperature. The bottom line is that for men as well as ladies with real differences in temperature preferences, the thermostat may always be a battlefield.