Thermostat battles in my house

I’ve always wondered why men and women feel comfortable at different room temperatures.

In other words, why is it that men want the air conditioner set cooler, while women reach for their cardigans? After googling the question, I found that there are several explanations.

One is that women 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 women, which is also responsible for body heat production. So who gets to control the thermostat – at work and at home? At work, hands down, the air conditioner 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 frigid temperatures sitting down, so to speak. Hidden video cameras at several office sites have captured both male and female culprits changing the thermostat settings – up to ten different times a day. Other guerilla tactics in the air conditioner battles include taping cardboard over air vents, non-stop complaints to facilities managers, and tampering with locked thermostats. But once the battle moves to the home front, it’s an entirely different matter. Home is where women prevail when it comes to temperature settings, especially at night. But men argue that when it comes to the bedroom, the woman should bundle up with more blankets so that he can sleep comfortably with the air conditioner set at a cooler temperature. The bottom line is that for men and women with real differences in temperature preferences, the thermostat may always be a battlefield.

 

 

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