Feminists:" Air Conditioning Is Sexist!" (Seriously)

[Half-Life]

"In an Afghan village, terrorists throw acid on little girls’ faces, poison their water, and hurl grenades into their classrooms to stop them from going to school. In an American office, some women are a little chilly. For first world radical feminists, the latter issue takes precedence, especially in the scorching summer heat."

"Yesterday, Atlantic staff writer Taylor Lorenz tweeted that air-conditioning is “unhealthy, bad, miserable, and sexist,” bringing attention to a feminist movement against air-conditioning. That’s right, a miraculous wonder of technology that allows people to settle in sweltering climates is now “an engine of the patriarchy.”
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/c...first-world-feminists-air-conditioning-sexist

There are no words to explain stupidity of this magnitude. I thought the left was already too far gone, but now they have proven that they are even further gone.

 

[Jolly_Penguin]

It's racist against people from warmer climates too.

 

[Toni]

"In an Afghan village, terrorists throw acid on little girls’ faces, poison their water, and hurl grenades into their classrooms to stop them from going to school. In an American office, some women are a little chilly. For first world radical feminists, the latter issue takes precedence, especially in the scorching summer heat."

"Yesterday, Atlantic staff writer Taylor Lorenz tweeted that air-conditioning is “unhealthy, bad, miserable, and sexist,” bringing attention to a feminist movement against air-conditioning. That’s right, a miraculous wonder of technology that allows people to settle in sweltering climates is now “an engine of the patriarchy.”
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/c...first-world-feminists-air-conditioning-sexist

There are no words to explain stupidity of this magnitude. I thought the left was already too far gone, but now they have proven that they are even further gone.

That's a right wing source you've linked. I've seen other sources though, so I know it's 'a thing' for some people who really do need to put on a sweater or something.

But I'll play: In my house, I'm the one who consistently sets the thermostat lower in summer and winter. I prefer to be slightly chilly than to be hot. My husband would be happier a few degrees warmer in the winter at least. I tell myself that I make up for my environmental irresponsibility in running the AC 3 months of the year by keeping the temps down low during the cold months. But aside from being a bit on the hotter side, the AC really does a great job of reducing humidity and is a huge help during allergy season. This past winter was exceptionally cold where I live (upper midwest where winter temps often drop to -10 - -20 F--without factoring in windchill.) and it was the first time I found that I wasn't running around the house barefoot all winter and put on a sweater and/or pulled up an afghan if I was watching tv or reading. Even then, if I was up doing something rather than just sitting, I wasn't cold and rarely put on a second layer.

The general rule of thumb is that men tend to be warmer than women in most settings. In an office setting, it makes sense if men are required (by custom or rules) to wear suits/jackets/dress shirt/undershirt/tie, although the differential may not be so great if women are also wearing jackets. IMO, if someone is cold, they can wear a jacket or sweater. Even in the privacy of your own home, there's only so much clothing one can remove. You can't undress more than completely nude, which is inappropriate in the workplace and not very practical most of the time at home. But that's written by someone who has always preferred cooler temps and is typically more indifferent to the cold than most other people.


Oh, and ask anyone around here: I'm a big ole radical leftist feminist and I still say: let them wear sweaters!

 

[zorq]

"In an Afghan village, terrorists throw acid on little girls’ faces, poison their water, and hurl grenades into their classrooms to stop them from going to school. In an American office, some women are a little chilly. For first world radical feminists, the latter issue takes precedence, especially in the scorching summer heat."

"Yesterday, Atlantic staff writer Taylor Lorenz tweeted that air-conditioning is “unhealthy, bad, miserable, and sexist,” bringing attention to a feminist movement against air-conditioning. That’s right, a miraculous wonder of technology that allows people to settle in sweltering climates is now “an engine of the patriarchy.”
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/c...first-world-feminists-air-conditioning-sexist

There are no words to explain stupidity of this magnitude. I thought the left was already too far gone, but now they have proven that they are even further gone.

So ONE person calls air-conditioning "sexist" and that proves "the left [is] too far gone"?

You didn't even show that this person belongs to "the left" much less represents "the left" or even a single other person who identifies as "the left."

It's almost like you don't even care to learn how logic or reason work.

 

[Metaphor]

"In an Afghan village, terrorists throw acid on little girls’ faces, poison their water, and hurl grenades into their classrooms to stop them from going to school. In an American office, some women are a little chilly. For first world radical feminists, the latter issue takes precedence, especially in the scorching summer heat."

"Yesterday, Atlantic staff writer Taylor Lorenz tweeted that air-conditioning is “unhealthy, bad, miserable, and sexist,” bringing attention to a feminist movement against air-conditioning. That’s right, a miraculous wonder of technology that allows people to settle in sweltering climates is now “an engine of the patriarchy.”
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/c...first-world-feminists-air-conditioning-sexist

There are no words to explain stupidity of this magnitude. I thought the left was already too far gone, but now they have proven that they are even further gone.

So ONE person calls air-conditioning "sexist" and that proves "the left [is] too far gone"?

It's almost like you don't even care to learn how logic or reason work.

This isn't the first article I've read about the subject, from both establishment media as well as feminist 'blogs'.

There is a real, biological, 'temperature' gap between men and women. Elvis famously had Graceland set to one temperature year long (freezing). It's the reason there are 'dual temperature' zone quilts for (presumably) heterosexual couples. And, of course, there is enough overlap that everyone can name counterexamples.

But, as far as I can see, and Toni has already said this, given the requirements of the business world, which has a dress code for men that is less flexible in terms of temperature variation, the cold complainers need to shut up and put on a jumper, and STOP WEARING SLEEVELESS TOPS TO WORK AND THEN SHIVERING.

I have one option to look professional: a suit and tie. I can't wear short sleeves. I can't wear shorts. I can't do anything to adjust what I'm wearing to suit the office temperature. But women can.

And they should.

 

[prideandfall]

But women *can.

*provided they are able and willing to endure ridicule, judgment, shitty comments, and risk their long-term careers.
because if you're a woman who doesn't bow at the altar of dressing "pretty" in a corporate office you will get a mountain of shit piled on you for your entire life.

also, as a general rule, why do you consider it morally acceptable that the baseline should be "women are uncomfortable, men are not"?
saying "should" implies that the comfort of men in the office is the presumed standard for how the office should be conducted.

 

[Metaphor]

*provided they are able and willing to endure ridicule, judgment, shitty comments, and risk their long-term careers.

In what universe are women ridiculed for wearing long sleeves instead of a sleeveless top? In what universe are women ridiculed for wearing stockings instead of having bare legs? In what universe are women ridiculed for wearing a jacket?

What universe do you live in?

because if you're a woman who doesn't bow at the altar of dressing "pretty" in a corporate office you will get a mountain of shit piled on you for your entire life.

In what universe is wearing clothes with long sleeves unpretty?

What. Fucking. Universe. Do. You. Live. In.

also, as a general rule, why do you consider it morally acceptable that the baseline should be "women are uncomfortable, men are not"?

I don't. I didn't say it and I don't believe it. That's why I suggested women should wear clothing that makes them comfortable in the temperature environment they are faced with.

saying "should" implies that the comfort of men in the office is the presumed standard for how the office should be conducted.

The office should be comfortable for all its workers, as far as is practicable.

Problem: Men and women have a small average difference in the temperature that each finds comfortable.
Reality: Men have no feasible options to reduce the amount of clothing they wear to the office and continue to look professional.
Reality: Women have many feasible options to increase the amount of clothing they ear to the office and continue to look professional (more professional, in fact).

 

[prideandfall]

In what universe are women ridiculed for wearing long sleeves instead of a sleeveless top? In what universe are women ridiculed for wearing stockings instead of having bare legs? In what universe are women ridiculed for wearing a jacket?

What universe do you live in?

the real one, which your posting history indicates you have absolutely no concept of.

you said previously "I have one option to look professional: a suit and tie."
in what universe do YOU live in where you can't wear khakis or chinos to the office? or a short sleeved polo?

In what universe is wearing clothes with long sleeves unpretty?

in what universe is wearing a suit with a jacket professional?

What. Fucking. Universe. Do. You. Live. In.

not one where a gay man grasps the concept of a subset of the population being held to a different standard from the rest due to superficial causes, apparently.

I don't. I didn't say it and I don't believe it. That's why I suggested women should wear clothing that makes them comfortable in the temperature environment they are faced with.

that explicitly states that the comfort of men should be the default state and women should cater to it.
"the environment they are faced with" by your argument is one in which men are comfortable... there's absolutely no possible interpretation of your own words that doesn't logically result in your argument being that an office should cater to men's comfort and women should shut up and work around it.

Problem: Men and women have a small average difference in the temperature that each finds comfortable.
Reality: Men have no feasible options to reduce the amount of clothing they wear to the office and continue to look professional.
Reality: Women have many feasible options to increase the amount of clothing they ear to the office and continue to look professional (more professional, in fact).

reality: your first and only thought is that women should change how they dress (an active detriment to their long term career prospects in many cases) so that men don't have to change how they dress, a thought which you believe has an ontological endpoint requiring that an office caters to the comfort of men.

which is completely fine, you're free to do that, but don't mistake your misogyny for some kind of logical argument.

 

[Metaphor]

the real one, which your posting history indicates you have absolutely no concept of.

you said previously "I have one option to look professional: a suit and tie."
in what universe do YOU live in where you can't wear khakis or chinos to the office? or a short sleeved polo?

This universe. "Khakis"??! I'm not an eccentric tech billionaire who can wear pajamas to board meetings. I live in the world where I am judged by my attire, no matter the quality of my work.

in what universe is wearing a suit with a jacket professional?

Now you're trolling me, and I can see our conversation might have to come to an end.

Edit: I can see now I mistyped. I meant a suit that includes tie and jacket, which just means suit.

I recall Republicans having a hissy fit over Obama taking his jacket off in the Oval Office. They said it looked unprofessional. That's how restrictive men's professional attire is.

not one where a gay man grasps the concept of a subset of the population being held to a different standard from the rest due to superficial causes, apparently.

You live in a universe where you think women wearing clothes suitable to the office temperature makes them unpretty. I must ask: are you a woman? Do you know how to dress yourself? Have you observed that women can wear clothes suitable for something other than the hottest day of the year, and still look "pretty", or, dare I say it, professional, even?

I know women can do this because my office is more than half women. It's such a pity you can't imagine women dressing to suit the temperature without looking like a cold mess.

that explicitly states that the comfort of men should be the default state and women should cater to it.

No, it doesn't.

"the environment they are faced with" by your argument is one in which men are comfortable...

No, it isn't. I said earlier there's enough overlap in comfortable temperature that some men would find offices too cold, and some women would find them too hot.

there's absolutely no possible interpretation of your own words that doesn't logically result in your argument being that an office should cater to men's comfort and women should shut up and work around it.

People who feel cold in the office should wear clothes so they feel less cold. This is because wearing more clothes does not impact professional looks (except positively).

reality: your first and only thought is that women should change how they dress (an active detriment to their long term career prospects in many cases)

No. People who feel cold in the office should wear more or warmer clothing. The people most able to do this without any professional compromise are women.

Also, I don't know what universe you live in wherein wearing warmer clothing detriments women's careers. What is your evidence for this?

so that men don't have to change how they dress, a thought which you believe has an ontological endpoint requiring that an office caters to the comfort of men.

which is completely fine, you're free to do that, but don't mistake your misogyny for some kind of logical argument.

And there it is. I just hate women.

Bye Felicia.

 

[RVonse]

It's racist against people from warmer climates too.

Its actually more against fat people than about being sexist, racist, or against people from warmer climates.

Fat people ALWAYS stay warmer than skinny people do. As a landlord I always do best when I rent the apartments that have more heat to the skinny people and the ones with good A/C to the fat ones. And it works everytime to please everyone.

 

[Toni]

It's racist against people from warmer climates too.

Its actually more against fat people than about being sexist, racist, or against people from warmer climates.

Fat people ALWAYS stay warmer than skinny people do. As a landlord I always do best when I rent the apartments that have more heat to the skinny people and the ones with good A/C to the fat ones. And it works everytime to please everyone.

No. As a young woman, I was very skinny—definitely underweight by medical standards. I was rarely cold no matter what the temp. I’m relatively tolerant of temperature but humidity has always been an issue no matter what my BMI. And so have seasonal allergies. My skinny adult son has a low tolerance for heat and a high tolerance for cold.

Hypothyroidism often presents as low tolerance for cold—and being overweight.

 

[KeepTalking]

Air conditioning in the workplace is not always about a battle between the sexes. I work in an IT centric office with servers on premises, and those servers require colder temperatures to continue operating with efficiency (or sometimes at all). All of us here have laughed at the anecdotes about IT managers who decided to turn off the air conditioning on nights and weekends when no one was in the office, only to have their servers overheat and crash as a result.

Fortunately, another side benefit of being a software developer is a relaxed dress codes for men. While I still am not allowed to wear shorts to work in my current job, I certainly do not have to wear a suit. Jeans and a T-shirt are the norm around here, and I do occasionally get cold at work. For that reason, I keep a hoody draped over the back of my chair, and most of my co-workers, men and women, do the same. That is another one of those quirks of working in software development, no one even gives you a second glance if you walk around the office wearing a hoody all day.

 

[Don2 (Don1 Revised)]

Next headline:

Wife reverse discriminates against husband over TV remote!

 

[Jayjay]

When spring turns to summer and there is blossom on the trees,
the office air ducts turn to ice and all the women freeze.

 

[Gun Nut]

I recently moved from a seasonally cold climate to a new climate that is much much warmer more often... and much much less humid.
The man of the house was always wanting the AC colder and the woman of the house was always wanting it warmer.
Now that we have moved, it reversed. Now the man wants the AC warmer and the woman wants it colder.

Interesting, that. We still get along just fine... the colder one can always put something else on... the warmer person can't strip naked in the office, but even at home they can't take anything else off once naked.

Considering that little bit of physics... I think the warmer people should be accommodated more than the colder people (which, remember, in my case changed genders from moving to a different climate)

What I have read about this topic is that facilities are run by men, who pick a temperature that tends to be lower than what a woman would choose... so they say.
The left love to talk about these types of things.
The right love to take those talks and extend analogies far beyond their intended use to say things like "when grenades are being thrown, the left worries about the AC not being woke".

 

[Half-Life]

Nobody even mentioned the fact that these women are complaining about the AC while in other countries little girls are killed for trying to go to school. Those little girls would happily come here and sit in the AC with no complaints if it meant they wouldn't be killed.

Women in America are spoiled and don't realize how good they have it. Look at Illhan Omar. She is complaining about America being racist and unjust and she came from SOMALIA! What's with these people?

 

[Koyaanisqatsi]

Nobody even mentioned the fact that these women are complaining about the AC while in other countries little girls are killed for trying to go to school.

Just as nobody even mentioned that while YOU were typing that sentence over a hundred people were murdered on this planet! YOU MURDERING BASTARD! HOW THE FUCK COULD YOU ALLOW ALL THOSE PEOPLE TO BE MURDERED WHILE YOU JUST SAT THERE TYPING!!!?????

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[Half-Life]

Nobody even mentioned the fact that these women are complaining about the AC while in other countries little girls are killed for trying to go to school.

Just as nobody even mentioned that while YOU were typing that sentence over a hundred people were murdered on this planet! YOU MURDERING BASTARD! HOW THE FUCK COULD YOU ALLOW ALL THOSE PEOPLE TO BE MURDERED WHILE YOU JUST SAT THERE TYPING!!!?????

whataboutwhataboutwhataboutwhataboutwhataboutwhataboutwhataboutwhataboutwhataboutwhataboutwhataboutwhataboutwhataboutwhataboutwhatabout

I don't sit here complaining about how women have it so terribly in America while simultaneously refusing to name a better country to move to.

If all feminists went to Iraq, then came back to the U.S., feminism would be dead in America.

 

[Koyaanisqatsi]

Nobody even mentioned the fact that these women are complaining about the AC while in other countries little girls are killed for trying to go to school.

Just as nobody even mentioned that while YOU were typing that sentence over a hundred people were murdered on this planet! YOU MURDERING BASTARD! HOW THE FUCK COULD YOU ALLOW ALL THOSE PEOPLE TO BE MURDERED WHILE YOU JUST SAT THERE TYPING!!!?????

whataboutwhataboutwhataboutwhataboutwhataboutwhataboutwhataboutwhataboutwhataboutwhataboutwhataboutwhataboutwhataboutwhataboutwhatabout

I don't sit here complaining about how women have it so terribly in America while simultaneously refusing to name a better country to move to.

If all feminists went to Iraq, then came back to the U.S., feminism would be dead in America.

But then you'd have no purpose in life.

 

[Half-Life]

I don't sit here complaining about how women have it so terribly in America while simultaneously refusing to name a better country to move to.

If all feminists went to Iraq, then came back to the U.S., feminism would be dead in America.

But then you'd have no purpose in life.

You know what they say....small joke = small mind.