why do women get cold more easily than men?

My husband is happiest with the thermostat set at 73 degrees. I prefer 68 degrees--or even 66.

Funny- I am the one who is always hot. What is interesting, is that traditionally, women dress in a much lighter manner than men. Think of the outfits worn at formal affairs. The guys are enclosed in their "penguin suits", while the gals are showing a lot of flesh.

Even in the summer, men wear suits, while the gals at work are wearing the little silk dresses.

I think that in the event that men were lusted after by the opposite sex if they exposed flesh they would be prepared to go around in temperatures of minus 25 wearing nothing but a thong and a fatuous facial expression.

Any lower than that and I think the more ascetic personalities might wrap up saying "F**k this" but I can't comment on the saps of whom anything can be expected.

in a related topic... have you ever noticed that women from colder climates have bigger tits? God in his wisdom......

BVthrobber.

I hadn't noticed. I'll pay more attention in future. Thanks for the tip.

I wondered why winter breaks in Scandanavia were becoming more popular.

Your question is based on a faulty premise, that women get cold more easily than men. Some do, many don't. People's metabolic rates (and whatever else accounts for body temp) vary.

I heard that women float easier than men because they are less dense due to fat being lighter than muscle and sinew.

I've always asked the same question though. I swear women do get cold easier. I think every girl I've been with has been cold.

Then again, they tend to get cold during rigor mortis.

They seem to get cold easier, but feel warmer.

Righto, Roger...

Well, my husband had a slow pulse and got ice cold feet in, ahem, southern california winters. Anecdotally, I know many couples with the woman wanting the heat turned down more than the guy does. But I'm older. There is the little matter of menopause.

Between women of a certain age --- my business partner always wanted to turn up the thermostat about fifteen minutes before I did... we always kept it as low as we could deal with and still do design drafting, for heating bill reasons. Plus, in winter in Eureka, people came in the gallery with coats on, which of course we weren't wearing. And people warm up when they've been walking around a downtown area. She was in better shape than I athletically but not sure that works out re everyone's differences.

Roger is so cute.

The answer seems to be about muscle mass and fat distribution:

why women feel cold

I was going to say mass versus surface area...

No clue that I saw re the age of the women in that office...

not convincing straight dope.

I'm dressed in a shirt and trousers - like the men here...and i'm cold. Nothing unusual. I keep complaining that it's too cold and the men say it's too hot!! I'm wearing a shawl..I'm hoping people will notice, sympathize, and may be turn the AC a bit higher...

The AC must be at 21 Celsius...or maybe 19....brrrrrrrrrrr.

I'm also always cold, all the time, unless it's F110 and i'm boiling - but that i cannot complain about. LOVE hot weather.
dunno why. it just is that way. we also pee more often, though that does have anatomical reasons. Meh, women...what can you do.

There may be a small percentage of women who do not, but I have certainly observed that most women get cold much more easily than most men. Often, in meetings around a large conference table at my job, the women are all saying that the room is freezing, and the men are looking at them like they're nuts. I kid my wife that she would be cold right up until the point that she was sick from the heat.

This is certainly not a faulty premise statistically.

So your anecdotal evidence is better than my anecdotal evidence, Brandon?


I haven't looked up any research on the subject. Sure, many women may feel colder in a given room than men. Many also don't. Presumably there are physiological causes for variation in the anecdotes.

According to this site, it's due to lower metabolic rate and muscle mass.

Mayo

Having seen most or all of the women in a room complain of being cold when neither I nor the other men are cold, a thousand times, over many years, is evidence enough for me. A thousand experiences is not a statistically insignificant sample.