Can an Office Temperature Be ‘Sexist’?

This is absurd. She's doing this just to make Cuomo sweat during the debate, literally. Now, let's just add in something extra here - if the room temp is 76 degrees, and the two of them are under bright lights for the TV cameras, how hot do you think it will actually be where they are standing. Just as a point of comparison, I know physicians who set the temperature in the Operating Room to 65 Degrees because once they start operating and are under the surgical theater light, it gets hot as hell pretty damn quickly. The same holds true for the area under the spotlights and both Cuomo and Nixon will get pretty hot under them. I think she's being ridiculous to force her opponent to endure a hotter venue because she claims lower temperatures are sexist. Cuomo's in a shitty situation - damned if he does accept her request (suffering in heat and sweating like a cow) and damned if he doesn't (getting called a sexist by the progressive crowd). IF I were him, I'd rather be comfortable in a debate than not or concede to setting the temp to no higher than 72 degrees to show a willingness to compromise.

Then again, the cooler temperature is an offset for the suit and tie. It's been said already and that's the rub.