What happened to my post? Sheesh! Lucky you, I saved it. 
Here goes nuttin’;
Tonight, while enjoying a cappuccino and reading the San Francisco Bay Guardian, I came accross this article. The author, to put it mildly, is offended that some guy claims that women prefer thermostats set higher than men do. Maybe it was just the fellow’s attitude.
Well, I have noticed this myself. Women I’ve been around, in general, do seem to prefer warmer indoor climes than men. Oddly, though, they seem to go outside in colder weather wearing less warm clothing than men.
Given that my observations are correct, what is the reason?
BTW; I don’t agree with Ms Newitz, but I will defend to my death her right to her opinion. 
Peace,
mangeorge
Cecil covered the answer to the exact opposite of this question, someone asking why women were always cold…
i thnk clothing has a lot to do with it. In particular women wear a lot of clothing that leaves the shoulders uncovered.
Well, Kevin, that was my exact question. But Cecil does answer it.
Thanks. Maybe I’ll forward that page to Ms Newitz.
Peace,
mangeorge
I’m still trying to figure out why this revelation was so offensive to the columnist. . .
I notice that Cecil’s column was written to address why women tend to prefer higher temperatures than men. There’s never been any question in my mind whatsoever that women prefer a higher indoor temperature. I’m actually surprised that the columnist mangeorge cited hadn’t already come to the same conclusion herself. In my peer group it’s one of those things that is just simply known and accepted as practically axiomatic.
At my office, there is a a constant thermostat war going on, literally a Cold War. When the women set the thermostat, it tends to be around 76 degrees, and the men tend to set it at about 70. Men’s office wardrobe does tend to be warmer (long sleeves, ties), but I still think there is some biological difference. Usually, in my office a compromise is reached and the thermostat is left at 73 degrees. Even at this temperature, many of the women put on their sweaters and/or run their spaceheaters under their desks and the men will loosen their ties and roll up their sleeves. I’ll be sitting there sweating and uncomfortable, while my co-worker bundles up and shivers! Remember, we’re talking about summertime here; It’s been in the high 90’s outside during the day.
I think it’s kind of silly to just act like men and women are exactly the same. There are plenty of biological differences between the genders, that much should be blantantly obvious to even the most casual observer. 
Although I share some of Ms. Newitz’s reservations about the emotions study she cited, I disagree with her general stance. It need not be a threatening or negative thing to acknowledge the differences between men and women. Rather, we should rejoice in them.
** Enigma42** said it better then I could.
Men and women are different - ain’t nothing wrong with that.
I suspect there’s some selective observation and/or premature drawing of conclusions from too small a sample group. I know quite a few women–my wife is one of them–who prefer cooler temperatures, and quite a few men–I’m one of them–who prefer warmer temps. I am skeptical that there a consistent temperature preference among men as a whole compared to women as a whole. One office population doesn’t settle anything.
I will tout my rule of couples, however. My observation is that in a couple one wants the window open in January and the other wants the covers on in July.
You are probably spot on, as far as selective observation/small sample groups to draw decent conclusions in this regard. NTL, I submit that my experience has it that smaller (and most females are of smaller stature than men [I may be wrong, just my observation]) women, especially thinner ones, are colder more often than men, indoors or outdoors.
Question here is whether men of smaller stature feel the same way.
I would expect that this would generally be the case. Surface-to-volume ratio would be one logical factor.
I’m on the thin side, so I qualify.
Surface-to-volume ratio as a factor makes sense to me too. Wouldn’t core temperature also be a factor? Most people vary somewhere around the old 98.6 deg. mean, don’t they? It varies between 98 and 100deg, IIRC. Is this the same for both genders?
I’m sure male pride could also be a factor.
I’m also sure that most women I’ve come into contact with, casually and intimately, prefer higher ambient temps than most men. Both seem to be equally vocal about their preferences.
It has been a pretty large and varied sample in my forty or so years in the workplace. You can’t simply discount experience out of hand. Well, you can, but I don’t think you should.
Peace,
mangeorge