Do anglo-saxon women have a special gene that makes their legs & feet immune to freezing weather?

Nope, I think some people are willing to do anything for fashions sake. When I was younger and would go clubbing I use to wear skirts in the dead of winter with open toes in 3 inch heels. Yes I froze my legs and toes but after a few drinks you really didn’t notice a thing.
Now, I wear boots and thick socks with jeans to walk my dog and I can’t help but want to hurry in doors. My dog goes out in only his birthday suit and he’s fine. Rain or shine or cold. ( He draws the line at ice and snow.)

I think they are probably cold but want to look sexy or nice in a cute short dress. Young girls want to look nice and young guys don’t seem to care what they wear as long as they are comfortable.

I think those women sacrifice comfort for looks. No one could be comfortable getting cold snow all over their feet or bare legs. It would seem that they just want to dress sexy/cute, no matter the discomfort they suffer for it.

I understand wanting to look cute for clubbing and being willing to sacrifice comfort for looks and I always wear my flats with bare feet as well (but where I live it doesn’t get that cold). But is there anything sexy in wearing flats with bare legs in fresh snow on a sunday morning when streets are mostly empty and you’re just taking a morning walk to shake away the sleepiness?

Yes. In my opinion Anglo Saxon people in general are tolerant, even occasionally appreciative, of the cold. By the same token they are not particularly tolerant of high temperatures.

Pale skinned humans thrived in cold conditions. As a matter of fact, that’s the reason pale skin exists, because of thousands of years of living through cold climate environments. It allowed for protection in the cold whilst being able to soak in sunlight to get that good old vitamin d. Whilst on the other hand, we find that humans along the regions of the equator produce more melanin for sun protection.

Studied from Dr. Browder along this textbook

But to answer the latter part of your question I think it’s strictly environmental. Spaniards are also pale skinned, what is your other half out of curiosity?

It is a very curious phenomenon but true.

@auhsojsa I’m half Spanish and half Filipino.

No.

I have asked that very question of my roommate, who goes out like this all the time in Manhattan. She says it’s unfortunate, but it’s simply that it’s the in look for both professional young women in large cities and for the night life of the same. She affirmed that yes, she hates it, and yes, she freezes.

It’s not just women who don’t dress appropriately for the winter weather. I often see men (usually young college guys) walking around the grocery store wearing shorts and tennis shoes with a temperature below freezing outside. Just today I noticed a male college student wearing shorts, it was snowing outside with a temp near 15F. How do these guys do it? I never see women that do this, it’s always men.

No.

The feeling is subjective and depends on conditioning.

I don’t think so, I think they just get used to it. I’m brown skinned and I love the cold, and don’t like to go out in the sun for long periods of time, as it irritates my skin :/
I also find that if you do not have any hair on any part your body, your sensitivity in that area weakens, which may be a reason for them not feeling the cold as much.