I'm kind of an outlier. I prefer the temperature to be about 60-64 F.

I want to make sure to we give this discussion the seriousness it deserves: https://youtu.be/GeZZr_p6vB8?t=1m9s
:)

Okay...we've heard the feminist view...now, let's hear the male chauvinist's view -

Maybe the men need more cooling because they're working harder!

Remember...that was a chauvinist's view...not necessarily my own .

Totally believe it. It was ~50s in Seoul a couple of years ago. I was just wearing a dress shirt and slacks. People on the train wearing puffy winter coats looked at me like I was an alien.

when I was in Thailand and the weather got down into the 60s,
the locals got out their sweaters and jackets. . we who were
working on the flightline just breathed a sigh of relief in our fatigues!!! -- j
.

I have had to -- chosen to -- learn to live with colder house temps
because of my wife. . she likes the 60s and I like the 70s.
so, after 18 years together, I am fine with the cooler house.
if I want warmth, I add clothing, sit next to the woodstove,
or cuddle!!! -- j
.

All I know is that many offices have the temperature set low enough I need a sweater much of the time. It has nothing to do with feminism. So you guys can stop attacking that on at least these grounds.

You sure you're not related to someone with the initials Donald Trump? Or related to the name of my Alma Mater Wayne University in Detroit?
Whichever, you're my kinda guy.

This is of key interest to ol' Thoritsu, who stored all the heat he will ever need growing up in FL. Now I am never cold. I am not debilitated by heat (come play soccer with me in 95 degree weather). However, I am soggy if the temp is above 75. 70 or less is great. 50 might be time for a sweater if I'm just sitting.

You can only take off so many clothes. If wimpy feminists need it warmer, get a god damn sweater. It is very clear in my mind that setting the office at 75, leave me no PC option; and therefore, THAT is discrimination!

When I get old (er), I sure hope I switch to liking it hot. SOOOOO much easier than liking it cold! Especially in central Europe or Asia, where they think 80 is great.

That would be too much for this Old Dino

That's pretty funny but I never ran into that.
Where I live black and white people will hold a door open for me and vice versa.
Just had a memory jogged. Must have been 1973 when I held a door open for a black girl at Troy State.
One of three white girls exclaimed, "Did you see him open that door for that (n-word)!"
I also recall making a point of grinning at them.
I was fresh out of the Marines and pretty well weaned off the Alabama segregationist viewpoints of the 60s.

I don't know about that Dino, I give them distance.

Only once have I ever had a satisfying encounter with a feminist and that was back in the late 70s. I was entering an office building in downtown Baton Rouge. Heavy plate glass doors, so being a properly raised southerner, I held the door for the woman coming in behind me. She stopped dead in the doorway and proceeded to berate me for holding the door. Apparently my exercising politeness was offensive and told her she could not open a door herself. She then said she never wanted a man to hold a door for her.

I said "suit yourself" and let the door go. She was promptly knocked down by it. It had the wonderful affect of shutting her up. That was my only satisfying encounter with a feminist.

I wonder if she ever figured out that being offended when someone holds a door that outweighs you is an exercise in stupidity.

Can't stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen; can't stand the cold, stay out of the office.......

Do those feminists also smell bad too?
I live in Alabama where there ain't to much of that lib stuff.
I could go hang out with UAB (University of Alabama at Birmingham) students on the Southside but at age 68 I don't really want to check out what the co-eds are up to.
Bet "co-eds" ain't politically correct no more.
I sure ain't gonna go back to college to look for fruitcakes in the faculty.
Hey, I be writing like a redneck,
Or me am just in my dino mode.

As my wife has said several times... "I'll turn the Air conditioning to a 'reasonable level', as soon as the HOT FLASHES STOP!!"

You found the tongue in my cheek.

So...put the women in charge of the thermostat and it becomes sexist toward men. One could compromise by putting in a temperature halfway between what the women want and what the men want. That way, no one is happy and an air of discontent permeates the workplace. That's equality for ya.

I agree. This is an opportunity for women to be gracious to their male co-workers.

Jan

I have lots of agreement with you. I keep a nice blazer with me to put on when the AC gets a bit cool. I often turn the AC on a bit early so that when other people come in they will find the temp comfy.

When I worked graveyard in a hospital lab, I would wear long sleeves, a labcoat, and a sweater on my shoulders to keep warm enough. But the reagents, analyzers and bench tests were at a fine temp for them!

Jan

Because of A/C (heat and cold) we don't really dress for the seasons anymore. We always dress for the perfect Spring day inside the office, mall, or Grocery store.
I usually test my frosticles off in the office. Sorry, but 68, or 70 degrees is too cold. 72-74 I can do. I keep my house at 78 in the summer.

I don't have much sympathy for these women who are cold at the office. Put on a sweater. Use a heater under your desk. Wear warm underwear.

What can a man do if he's too hot? Nothing but sweat.

Oh, Lordy! I was constantly freezing...I wore sweaters. Had to do so at home also - guess why? My husband felt the heat more than I.

So, since he couldn't cool himself down but I could add more clothing to warm myself...Surprise! That's what I did...just as I did at work.

Wouldn't it actually be sexist if I insisted that the opposite sex raise the temp when they have no means of cooling down?

Can't wait until these women hit 50 or so. Love to know what they think about heat in the winter and air conditioning in the summer then.

Also...if they think it's cold in an office setting...good thing they don't work in a hospital, especially the graveyard shift or OR.

The things people think of to complain about amaze me.

You must have a different crop of feminists in your area. Around here they don't wear makeup, don't dye or even comb their hair, wear utterly shapeless clothes and ugly crocs. Should be in a dictionary as the picture for "frumpy"

What bugs me is, the temperature ought to be consistent enough during a day that I can dress for it. If I'm going to have to be in 95 degree heat in the afternoon, and thus must dress lightly -- then don't run the air conditioning on the bus in the morning, and chill me to 50 degrees!!!