Is air conditioning sexist?

A new study published in the journal Nature has found that climate control systems in offices are designed for the metabolic rate and body temperature of a 40-year-old man - leaving women co-workers chilly.

Washington Post columnist, Petula Dvorak, has previously written about the issue in her article: "Frigid offices, freezing women, oblivious men." She described the reaction she got.

(Photo: Temperatures in the average office leave only men smiling. Credit: Science Photo Library / Derek Henthorn)