女性是否真的比男性更怕冷？真相是……

女士觉得空调温度合适时，男士往往觉得太热；男士觉得神清气爽了，女士却冷得发抖。女性是否天生比男性怕冷呢？

每到夏天，办公室的空调温度常常引发男女职员之间的纷争。女士觉得空调温度合适时，男士往往觉得太热；男士觉得神清气爽了，女士却冷得发抖。女性是否天生比男性怕冷呢？

It's a stereotype universally acknowledged that a woman at room temperature must be in want of a coat. But is it a scientific truth?普遍存在的刻板印象是，女性在室温下一定要备一件外套。但这是科学事实吗？

Sheer observations aside, very few controlled studies have investigated how male and female bodies withstand cold temperatures.除了纯观察之外，很少有对照研究调查了男性和女性身体如何抵御寒冷。

A new study has surprised researchers at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), finding no sex difference in the perception of a cold room, and very few sex differences in our physiological response to it.美国国立卫生研究院（NIH）的研究人员在开展一项新研究时惊讶地发现，男女在寒冷房间中的感知没有性别差异，并且男女对寒冷的生理反应也几乎没有性别差异。

During the trial, a group of 28 men and women spent five hours in a temperature-controlled room, wearing provided shirts, shorts or skirts, and socks. Each day, participants were physically monitored and surveyed on their comfortability as the temperature ranged between 17 ºC to 31 ºC.在试验期间，一组28名男性和女性在温度可控制的房间里待了五个小时，他们穿着研究人员提供的衣服，包括衬衫、短裤或裙子，还有袜子。每天，随着温度在17摄氏度到31摄氏度之间变化，研究人员会对参与者的身体进行监测，并对他们的舒适度进行调查。