I worked in an office that was 100 percent female, and we still fought over the A/C in the summer and heat in the winter. I'm extremely cold natured and the two women I shared the office with were the opposite of me. In the winter I would wear wool suits with long silk underwear and I was still cold. They would wear sweaters and complain they were too hot. Why didn't they wear lighter clothing? So, this isn't always a male/female problem. It's a hot natured/cold natured problem.
In what world do men still wear suits to work, other than in banking? My husband never had to wear a suit to work since the late 70s. Casual wear is pretty much the rule in the South. But, I do think we need to leave the air set at warmer temperatures due to the environment, not sexism. I leave mine set on 78 or 79 and I turn it off at night. The husband never complains. We just sleep under the ceiling fan and open the windows. When I go shopping or to a restaurant, I always carry a sweater with me or I will freeze. Yesterday in a grocery store, I saw a little boy put his arms up under his short sleeve shirt because he was cold. I knew what they feels like. I'll take being hot over being cold anytime. Leaving northern Jersey permanently to head south in January was one of the ten happiest days in my life.
