My son asked me and I don't have a clue.
2006-07-07 11:53:26 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
We're all mammals, and we all started out as females.in the womb, men's nipples are the beginnings of breasts they'll never have. all mammals have nipples regardless of which sex they belong to. they normally remain vestigal, unless the man takes female hormones or has a natural hormonal unbalance.
2006-07-07 11:55:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Genetic leftovers. Nature likes to be lazy..so all fetuses start off female the baby's genitals are formed from identacle folds of skin and they have nipples, then there is a wash of hormones that allows for sex determination. The nipples are leftovers from when the fetus was female.
2006-07-07 19:00:10 · answer #2 · answered by luckybluebunny 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
check out this book called: WHY DO MEN HAVE NIPPLES? thats really a book. it has a ton of questions that no one really knows the answers to and the answers to those questions. its a good book but i would not let your son read the whole book. some parts are innapropriate for young kids but that is a good way and he (and you) might be interested in some of the other questions
2006-07-07 18:59:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you read the book, "Why Do Men Have Nipples?" by Leyner and Goldberg?
2006-07-07 19:01:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i heard that the nipples develop before the sexual organs do on a fetus, so they are already there by the time the sex is decided
2006-07-07 18:57:02 · answer #5 · answered by pineappleclock2002 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
good question ...
but i wanna be a physchiatrist and I wanna try something
imagine someone else in your same shoes .. what would you tell them to do??
think about it and have a great week ^_^
2006-07-07 18:55:36 · answer #6 · answered by Mj 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
men do have breasts... they actually get breast cancer often, but because they don't get mammograms they don't get treatment until it spreads to other parts of their bodies. the nipple is part of your pectoral muscle....
2006-07-07 18:58:04 · answer #7 · answered by fusion_coach_amy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just in case!
2006-07-07 19:01:24 · answer #8 · answered by Papucho 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are mammals, and all mammals have nipples.
2006-07-07 18:55:30 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
So they don't feel left out.
2006-07-07 18:57:15 · answer #10 · answered by ♥ jojo ♥ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋