“My boyfriend and I tried to shower together, so we tried to compromise on shower temperature.

And it saves water!

(Maybe debatable, but it has a nice ring to it.)

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Sermed Mezher, a London-based locum general practitioner and content creator,broke it down in a videorecently.

2.Female body composition generally includes ahigher percentage of body fat.

3.Women are five times more likely to experienceRaynaud’s phenomenon.

A crowd of people at an outdoor event hold a sign that reads, "Save Water. Shower Together"

4.Estrogen, a sex hormone mainly produced in the ovaries, actuallymakes your hands and feet colder.

So there you have it.

May all your showers be perfectly heated, and don’t you dare apologize for wanting it juuuust right.

Two pairs of legs stand under a shower; text reads "wants it freezing cold" near one set of feet and "needs it boiling hot" near the other

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A comment reads "No fucking way there's a scientific explanation. I finally understand why my girlfriend showers with water coming from hell" in front of a shower head spraying water

A comment reads "I don't bathe, I slow cook. My husband refuses to be a nicely boiled egg with me" in front of a shower head spraying water

A comment reads "My boyfriend n I tried to shower together, so we tried to compromise on the temperature. While I was shivering, he was actively turning red" in front of a shower head spraying water

Dr. Sermed Mezher explaining a graph showing hormone levels and body temperatures over a menstrual cycle. Text reads: "but even without this women are on average 3 degrees colder in the hands and feet."

A comment reads "I thought my boyfriend was over reacting when he says I bathe in fire, laughing emoji" in front of a shower head spraying water