why do guys have nipples if its the females that breastfeed?

Question

I don't get how milk comes out of girls' nipples. But anyway, why do guys have them if they don't do anything?

Answer 1

Thtas how god made it

Answer 2

Ok, this is weird but I thought it was interesting. This is copied from the ask the experts column of babycenter.com

"Yes, in theory, men can breastfeed. Male breasts have milk ducts, and some mammary tissue. They also have oxytocin and prolactin, the hormones responsible for milk production. There have been reports of men who were able to produce milk through extensive breast and nipple stimulation, but no one knows whether the milk was of the same composition or quality as the kind women produce. Using a pump, or a feeding tube (a small silicone tube attached to a plastic bottle filled with formula) at his breast, he might be able to get a baby to latch on and suckle, but how long it would take to produce even drops of milk is anyone's guess."

Answer 3

oh god .............................

You have nipples even thou you are a man cause we are all female in the womb then when we grew to a certian month in the womb till the chromozones took over and made you what you were meant to be from which sperm you came from a xy sperm or a xx sperm a male or a female. A male, the penis will continue to grow from the stub of the clitorus, and a female, the bump that will stay a stub and remain to be the clitorus. this is why the clitorus has no function except for sexual aroursal.


so there for we all have nipples...................

And a woman breast can make milk because we have mammory glands just like any other mother mammal and after or just before we have a child our hormones tell our breast and glands and all that to start making milk for our young.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Because they would look strange without them.......lol Oh and to GUY, yes the sex of a baby is decided from the moment sperm meets egg. It's called chromosomes. Womens eggs all have the X chromosome.......mens sperm have either an X chromosome or a Y chromosome. If the X sperm fertilizes the egg, then it's a girl......and if a Y sperm fertilizes the egg, then the baby is a boy. Babies are not all the same at conception.

Answer 6

In the females, once they are pregnant, their breast gets bigger. Getting ready for her future baby. And when she breastfeed and once the baby suckles on her nipple, it gives a stimulation and it is the hormones that is released from the pituitary glands that will send a signal to release the milk for the baby.

As for your question on why are guys having nipple when there are no functions, maybe it is unexplained and only God know. Just like our appendix. Its doesnt have any function but yet, God created it. :)

Answer 7

Its a vestigal remain because we are all conceived as female but the extra hormone makes one a male. Hence the nipples on a male.

Answer 8

All fetuses start as female, it is only after a month or two that if you have a Y chromosome your develope a penis (from the clitoral buds) and testicles from ovaries.

Also men can breastfeed and sometimes lactate as a side effect to certain medications.

Answer 9

Because the nipples complete a smiley face with the belly button and waist line.

Answer 10

Gender isn't decided until after all the basic structures are formed. Like your nipples. So if the genetic material says "boy", "ovaries" become your testicles.

Answer 11

well us girls like to play too?? ( and yes you can make a man's nipples get hard)