Wilwallace from San Antonio said: “I am hot, sweaty and unable to ‘throw’ an air conditioner on to keep comfortable. Maybe that is why the formula was based on the sex that has no recourse to being hot while the gender who is cold can always find comfort in ‘throwing’ on a sweater.”

Some men took their umbrage a step further, saying that if women in the office were required to dress more like, well, men, they would no longer be cold.

Helios from Washington, D.C., said, “As a man I would like to wear shorts and a T-shirt to work, but my boss wouldn’t allow that. I am required to wear suit and tie, while some women wear cleavage tops and miniskirts and complain about the office being cold.”

“It’s the men who are discriminated against, as we are required to wear heavy shirts, shoes and socks and long pants. Women get away with T-shirts and flip flops, literally,” said Dan from West Palm Beach, Fla. “Put some ties and oxford button downs on these women, as well as some socks and shoes, and they won’t be cold, I assure you.”

Female readers fought back from beneath their office sweaters and Snuggies.

“For the people who are telling women to just ‘wear a sweater’ ... I am wearing a sweater,” Melissa from New York said. “And a cardigan over it. And a shawl that goes on top of that. And another sweater that goes on my lap around my legs. I’m also drinking hot tea nonstop. Please, please, please, turn down the A/C just a LITTLE bit. Sincerely, the lump of sweaters and blankets in the corner.”