Why do men have nipples?

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Iron Woode

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Originally posted by: shimsham
Originally posted by: Iron Woode
Originally posted by: ValkyrieofHouston
Originally posted by: Forsythe
Mens breasts can actually produce milk, just as womens can.


Men do not have mammory glands or ducts and therefore cannot produce milk.
wrong.

I suggest you research gender re-assignment. Giving female hormones to male-to-female transsexuals has the side effect of them lactating.



thats not a man anymore now, is it?
the person is still a male. They just look more female.
 

Eli

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Originally posted by: ValkyrieofHouston
Originally posted by: Forsythe
Mens breasts can actually produce milk, just as womens can.


Men do not have mammory glands or ducts and therefore cannot produce milk.
Incorrect.
 

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Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
for the same reason women have orgasms

to pull the sperm of the desired mate deep inside? wow, no idea that's why men have nipples!
 

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Originally posted by: jbourne77
Originally posted by: loic2003
Because a foetus effectively starts off as female then develops into a male at a later stage of development.

Next question?

Beat me to it.

Actually, not a fetus but an embryo. It remains a fermale for the first two weeks of its development at which time the balance of estrogen and testosterone shifts.
 

Squisher

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I got that book for Christmas from my daughter. Kinda interesting, but a lot of the stuff I already knew.
 

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Originally posted by: MS Dawn
Originally posted by: loic2003
Because a foetus effectively starts off as female then develops into a male at a later stage of development.

Next question?


Right, there has to be a defect somewhere. ;)

No, men are the new & improved model :D
 

Jeff7

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Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
for the same reason women have orgasms

I imagine that women enjoy orgasms a lot more than men enjoy their own nipples.
 

MrCodeDude

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My mom got this book (as a gift), it's all common knowledge or questions that could be answered by a quick search through Google or an introductory class of Physiology. Waste of $12.
 

compuwiz1

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After looking at us all these years, wouldn't we all look funny if the program was suddenly curtailed?
And, as a man, I actually enjoy nipple stimulation during sex, not that my sex life is anyone's business. I just felt that....ooh, felt that too. wife is pulling me to bedroom by my nipples. Gotta go guys.........laterz ;)
 

Jeff7

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Originally posted by: compuwiz1
After looking at us all these years, wouldn't we all look funny if the program was suddenly curtailed?
And, as a man, I actually enjoy nipple stimulation during sex, not that my sex life is anyone's business. I just felt that....ooh, felt that too. wife is pulling me to bedroom by my nipples. Gotta go guys.........laterz ;)

And I'm sure that the entire forum joins me when I say "Thank you for not posting pics."
 

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Originally posted by: ValkyrieofHouston
Originally posted by: Forsythe
Mens breasts can actually produce milk, just as womens can.


Men do not have mammory glands or ducts and therefore cannot produce milk.

Yes they can. There are various research articles of men, who attempted breastfeeding and where successfull without the use of hormones.

I suggest u research it a little.
 

moshquerade

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Originally posted by: Accipiter22
all fetuses start off as female in the womb. When exposed to estrogen (yes estrogen) in the womb, a fetus developes male characteristics afterwards
that is the correct answer.

so.. y'all started out as females :)