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World Service,2 mins

Is air conditioning sexist?

Newsday

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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)

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