# Cold Pizza - a gender thing? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 7, 2009, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-pizza-a-gender-thing/502191 "2009-07-07T13:53:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2009, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-pizza-a-gender-thing/502191/1 "2009-07-07T13:53:46Z")
I’m a male and I love cold pizza. In fact, I like it better the next day when it’s been refrigerated overnight. I’ve been told by two female friends now that cold pizza is a guy thing. They claim that women do not like and will not eat cold pizza. So what’s the deal? Is it a gender thing? footnote: this was my best guess for the appropriate forum. Feel free to move it if it fits better somewhere else. ---
**Author:** ![badbadrubberpiggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@badbadrubberpiggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badbadrubberpiggy)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2009, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-pizza-a-gender-thing/502191/2 "2009-07-07T13:56:02Z")
I’m a woman and I like cold pizza. I’ve never heard of this being a gender thing. ---
**Author:** ![Idlewild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8491ac/32.png) [@Idlewild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idlewild)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2009, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-pizza-a-gender-thing/502191/3 "2009-07-07T14:00:27Z")
My husband reheats his pizza. I’m inclined just to grab it from the box and munch the next morning. Breakfast of champions. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2009, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-pizza-a-gender-thing/502191/4 "2009-07-07T14:01:40Z")
I’m a woman and I like cold pizza, though (a) I prefer it warm and (b) cold pizza seems to give me heartburn. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2009, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-pizza-a-gender-thing/502191/5 "2009-07-07T14:04:40Z")
I’m male and I don’t like it. I don’t really like leftover pizza at all in fact. That probably marks me out as being non-human 😃 ---
**Author:** ![VanillaGorilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f9ae1b/32.png) [@VanillaGorilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VanillaGorilla)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2009, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-pizza-a-gender-thing/502191/6 "2009-07-07T14:05:25Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > I’m a male and I love cold pizza. In fact, I like it better the next day when it’s been refrigerated overnight. > > I’ve been told by two female friends now that cold pizza is a guy thing. They claim that women do not like and will not eat cold pizza. > > So what’s the deal? Is it a gender thing? > footnote: this was my best guess for the appropriate forum. Feel free to move it if it fits better somewhere else. Damn you, now you’ve made me want pizza! Mmm, pizza… ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2009, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-pizza-a-gender-thing/502191/7 "2009-07-07T14:06:15Z")
I know a lot of girls who like cold pizza. Me included. Cold pizza for breakfast = awesome. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2009, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-pizza-a-gender-thing/502191/8 "2009-07-07T14:07:58Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > I’ve been told by two female friends now that cold pizza is a guy thing. They claim that women do not like and will not eat cold pizza. You know stupid women. Everyone likes cold pizza. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2009, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-pizza-a-gender-thing/502191/9 "2009-07-07T14:09:35Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > You know stupid women. Everyone likes cold pizza. Must be… either that or they just want to see if I’ll go to the trouble of putting it in the MV for them… ---
**Author:** ![ashman165](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e8cbc/32.png) [@ashman165](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ashman165)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2009, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-pizza-a-gender-thing/502191/10 "2009-07-07T14:13:30Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > I’m a male and I love cold pizza. In fact, I like it better the next day when it’s been refrigerated overnight. > > I’ve been told by two female friends now that cold pizza is a guy thing. They claim that women do not like and will not eat cold pizza. > > So what’s the deal? Is it a gender thing? > footnote: this was my best guess for the appropriate forum. Feel free to move it if it fits better somewhere else. A recent\* poll of my family actually implies that we all, except for me (I’m a dude), prefer cold pizza. \*I haven’t spoken to my mother in about 10 years, but the remainder of my family and I did actually have a similar conversation a few months ago because I a.) don’t generally eat leftovers, and b.) sure as hell won’t eat them if they’re worse off than they would be fresh. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2009, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-pizza-a-gender-thing/502191/11 "2009-07-07T14:13:54Z")
Your female friends are probably the types who agonize over whether the living room drapes should be ‘mushroom’ or ‘foggy morning’ beige. They probably freak out over a broken nail, and count calories religiously. Therefore, a lady doesn’t gobble down cold pizza like a crass MAN, they must have it warmed up and on a pretty plate. They are making up the “gender” thing to justify their self-image. I’m a female and I love cold pizza any time of the day or night. I never get any for breakfast because the man in the house steals it, but if it was there, I’d eat it. (Maybe put it in the microwave for a few seconds just to take the chill off.) ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2009, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-pizza-a-gender-thing/502191/12 "2009-07-07T14:17:22Z")
My fiancee loves cold pizza. Me, I love it reheated, cold doesn’t do it for me. ---
**Author:** ![apollonia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2bfe46/32.png) [@apollonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/apollonia)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2009, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-pizza-a-gender-thing/502191/13 "2009-07-07T14:20:16Z")
I prefer warm pizza. Cold pizza isn’t my bag. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2009, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-pizza-a-gender-thing/502191/14 "2009-07-07T14:21:43Z")
I consider pizza the only food that is equally delicious hot or cold. twicks, female ---
**Author:** ![Barrett\_Bonden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5e9695/32.png) [@Barrett\_Bonden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barrett_Bonden)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2009, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-pizza-a-gender-thing/502191/15 "2009-07-07T14:23:21Z")
I’m a female who loves cold pizza, particularly for breakfast. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2009, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-pizza-a-gender-thing/502191/16 "2009-07-07T14:25:58Z")
Besides tacos, a warm pizza(even reheated) is my favorite.Cold pizza is horrible. Male. ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2009, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-pizza-a-gender-thing/502191/17 "2009-07-07T14:29:32Z")
I’m female, and I don’t like cold pizza, but I’m reasonably sure these are unrelated facts. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2009, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-pizza-a-gender-thing/502191/18 "2009-07-07T14:40:18Z")
My son and I had this discussion just yesterday morning, as I was eating two slices of cold pizza with grilled vegetables and a Diet Pepsi for breakfast. I would have microwaved it a touch, but it was on a non-microwave plate, and I was too lazy to switch plates. I’m female, by the way. He thought I was crazy. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2009, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-pizza-a-gender-thing/502191/19 "2009-07-07T14:41:59Z")
Cold pizza is OK, but I prefer pizza freshly made right from the oven. Male, 47. ---
**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2009, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-pizza-a-gender-thing/502191/20 "2009-07-07T14:46:54Z")
I am male and I’ve loved cold pizza since I was a teenager. My mother turned me on to it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-pizza-a-gender-thing/502191.md?page=2)