If you take the loaded phrasing and idea of intent out of this, it is actually a real phenomenon. One argument that is quite possible is that in years past, the office was a place for 3 piece suits. And when you're wearing an undershirt, a shirt, possibly a vest, possibly a coat; you get fucking hot. So you, being the guys in charge, turn the heat down or AC up to feel comfortable. Leaving all the people who couldn't wear 15 fucking layers in the office icy. Oddly enough, the loosening of dress codes has helped this situation more than anything. 1 layer polo vs 1 layer blouse...
Hell, I still see this several times week in a particular building at work. Department heads and directors fucking with the AC because their office is too hot; and then somewhere a small town browns out as half the cubicles on the other side of the hallway turn on space heaters.
This NatGeo also talks about male vs female metabolic rates.
Here’s Why Your Office May Be Too Hot or Cold: Gender Bias
Air conditioners can't talk as well as whom?Next thing you are going to tell me air conditioners can't talk as well.
If you take the loaded phrasing and idea of intent out of this, it is actually a real phenomenon. One argument that is quite possible is that in years past, the office was a place for 3 piece suits. And when you're wearing an undershirt, a shirt, possibly a vest, possibly a coat; you get fucking hot. So you, being the guys in charge, turn the heat down or AC up to feel comfortable. Leaving all the people who couldn't wear 15 fucking layers in the office icy. Oddly enough, the loosening of dress codes has helped this situation more than anything. 1 layer polo vs 1 layer blouse...
Hell, I still see this several times week in a particular building at work. Department heads and directors fucking with the AC because their office is too hot; and then somewhere a small town browns out as half the cubicles on the other side of the hallway turn on space heaters.
This NatGeo also talks about male vs female metabolic rates.
Here’s Why Your Office May Be Too Hot or Cold: Gender Bias