i mean, what is the point of them. why do men have nipples?
2006-10-04 05:52:28 · 14 answers · asked by foxracer595 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Men have nipples because, at conception, we are all the same sex. We either form into a male or female later on in the pregnancy. The nipples on men are just underdeveloped breast tissue.
2006-10-04 05:57:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
People have two "sex chromosomes"...one is an "X" chromosome, the other can either be an "X" or a "y" chromosome. The mother passes an "X" to her child, the father can pass either. The nipples come from the mother.
As a follow up answer, (I'm sure you were going to ask how women produce milk), Milk is produced in "X-X" combination people (women) by modified sweat glands. When a woman gets pregnant, it sends a signal to the body to start producing milk for the soon-to-be-born child.
2006-10-04 13:02:52 · answer #2 · answered by Richard H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The development of nipples in the womb actually happens before the sex starts to develop, is what I seem to remember from learning about human development. That way, the nipples are already in place should the baby develop into a girl.
2006-10-04 13:00:14 · answer #3 · answered by Pink Denial 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Apperntly all feotus begin life sexless, and dna determines the sex a litttle later on, but the nipples are already there. Not sure what I',m talking about but I think I heard something along those lines once...
2006-10-04 12:58:18 · answer #4 · answered by cvalden2001 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what a question?
man and women are created exactly the same way when they are babies,
but women grow breasts and men don't,
but they keep the nipples
they give a kind of beauty to the chest, and have some sensors in them for women to play with
2006-10-04 12:59:44 · answer #5 · answered by latif_1950 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
During gestation, humans start off looking asexual,. Only after a genetic trigger does the sex truly start to develop. However, some traits don't disappear: hence nipples.
Wrap your head around this one: labia is nothing more than differently developed testicles, and a clitoris is a differently developed penis.
2006-10-04 12:57:15 · answer #6 · answered by JaMoke 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
male and female are essentially the same - our sex organs are just tweeked by chemicals. Perhaps the tweeking is done better by nature than scientist currently can, but when science catches up- will we all say yes to ourselves at every passing moment or just clain "I gotta a headache"
2006-10-04 13:56:28 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
so that when they take testesterone gel and rub it directly on the nipples they increase in size and the men can play with their own nipples.
2006-10-04 12:54:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't know. But it's a good question; I'll rate you for it.
2006-10-04 12:55:16 · answer #9 · answered by robert2020 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The same reason race cars have fake headlights... They would look weird without them.
2006-10-04 12:54:07 · answer #10 · answered by Jessica 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋