Can a man lactate?

Answer 1

Male lactation
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The phenomenon of male lactation in humans has become more common in recent years due to the use of medications that stimulate a human male's mammary glands. Though human males have nipples, it is not so often understood that they also have mammary glands. Ordinarily the mammary tissue is low in volume and cannot be noticed. Under the appropriate hormonal stimulus—the hormonal stimulus that nature provides to human females when they become pregnant and give birth—the mammary glands of human males can also produce milk. The volume of milk produced is low relative to that of a lactating female. Male lactation has, in some cases, commenced without hormonal treatments as well.[citation needed]

Male lactation is most commonly caused by hormonal treatments given to men suffering from prostate cancer. Female hormones are used to retard the production of cancerous prostate tissue, but the same hormones also stimulate the mammary glands. Male-to-female transsexuals may also produce milk due to the hormones they take to reshape their bodies. Extreme stress combined with demanding physical activity and a shortage of food has also been known to cause male lactation. The phenomenon was first studied in survivors of the liberated Nazi concentration camps after World War II. Some American POWs returning from the Korean and Vietnam Wars also experienced male lactation.

The phenomenon of male lactation occurs in some non-human species, and the lactating males may assist in the nursing of their infants. One species of fruit bat, the Dayak fruit bat (Dyacopterus spadiceus), is notable for this reason. According to several sources, male lactation and even nursing have occasionally been observed in humans.

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Can a man lactate?

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yes, sometimes just by literally thinking about it. if it was a life and death situation and u had to feed ur baby, now female titties around i think a man would begin to lactate.

Answer 4

No. Unless he has a physical anomoly a man does not posess the milk producing tissue in his chest. However, a man can have discharge from his nipples. In fact, it is not uncommon during puperty.

Answer 5

No, they are not born with mamory milk ducts. HOW EVER! if the person has GENDER IDENTITY DISORDER, a MAN who appears to look like a man, may have a womens body!. Men just have nipples because we are all designed in the begining to be FEMALE, its when the Y chromosome is added that we are made MALE.

Answer 6

Some men might find it attractive, as there is somewhat of a fetish for breast milk. I'd say most men wouldn't though.

Answer 7

sometimes babies are born lactating, to do with hormones in the womb.

Answer 8

Yes they can. I did a piece on it at uni. its called Galactoreah (i hope thats spelt correctly its been a while since uni).

Answer 9

Can't you just nip down to Tesco's like every other self respecting person?

Answer 10

What recipe are you cooking that needs man milk?