Room Temperatures Set for Men’s Comfort May Disadvantage Women, Study Finds

Researchers say women are worse at math and word-based tasks at cooler room temperatures.

By Megan Schmidt
May 23, 2019 11:00 AMFeb 24, 2020 2:59 AM
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“The women’s winter is here. The freeze is upon us,” warns a Game of Thrones parody about men and women’s office temperature preferences.

If you have a Y chromosome, you probably haven’t experienced “women’s winter.” As the video explains, women’s winter is “when spring turns to summer and there’s blossom on the trees, the office air doth turns to ice and all the women freeze.”

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