Thank You, New York Times

Finally, some actual science to back up my bitching and moaning. When I worked at the UPS Store, we would always turn off AC at the whim of the ladies, who never believed me and my fellow male slaves when we would claim to be burning up and sweating like mad:

Q. It seems as if women complain about feeling cold more than men do. Is there a gender disparity when it comes to temperature’s effects?

A. Women do tend to feel colder in air-conditioned offices — for reasons of physiology and fashion, said Alan Hedge, an ergonomics professor at Cornell University. The muscles of the body generate about a third of its heat, he explained, and women tend to have less muscle mass than men. In addition, women are often freer to wear clothing that leaves their arms, legs and the neck area exposed. (The ankles, he said, are particularly vulnerable to cold.)