# Women wearing miniskirts in near-freezing temperatures, why not cold?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 20, 2018, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-wearing-miniskirts-in-near-freezing-temperatures-why-not-cold/809158 "2018-02-20T00:43:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2018, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-wearing-miniskirts-in-near-freezing-temperatures-why-not-cold/809158/41 "2018-02-23T13:01:47Z")

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> [@Quartz](#):
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> It’s common here for schoolgirls (!) They wear thick tights / stockings.

Men tend to be amazingly bad at detecting those, though, if they’re of a color minimally approaching that of the wearer’s skin tone.

Match those with very hot booties (ugg or their clones) and you can withstand a lot; dry conditions (which includes any temperatures below the triple point of water) make it work even better.

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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2018, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-wearing-miniskirts-in-near-freezing-temperatures-why-not-cold/809158/42 "2018-02-23T14:59:28Z")

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> [@Nava](#):
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> Men tend to be amazingly bad at detecting those, though, if they’re of a color minimally approaching that of the wearer’s skin tone.

They’re easy enough to notice when they’re dark blue.

(BTW it’s a commonplace that most men really do not have the colour perception that women do.)

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**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2018, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-wearing-miniskirts-in-near-freezing-temperatures-why-not-cold/809158/43 "2018-02-23T15:38:26Z")

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> [@kayaker](#):
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> I’m an old man, but I just wear a hoodie all winter. My car is heated, as is my garage. I drive to a store, which is heated, or to work, which is heated. I’m only outdoors for a minute. Even if it’s 10 below zero, I just walk quickly.

Yep, I have a garage and I park in a garage beneath my office building. I rarely wear a coat and I never wear socks. I put on a new pair of sandals today because my feet can’t bear being cooped up any longer. It was a little chilly getting gas this morning but worth it.

I do have a lot of subcutaneous fat, but even when I was lighter I still didn’t mind the cold. I find the cold refreshing and even a hint of heat outside to be oppressive.

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