why do guys have adams apples - what is their purpose?

Answer 1

Probably to let horny men know when they're picking up a dude.
No, seriously...
The Adam's apple is usually more prominent in adult men than in women or prepubescent girls or boys. Note that the growth of the larynx itself during puberty is responsible for the vocal instability in teenage boys, not the Adam's Apple. The Adam's Apple is merely the protrusion one sees of the thyroid cartilage making up the body of the larynx. Some suggest that the reason for the Adam's apple usually being more prominent in males is that the two laminae of the thyroid cartilage that form the protrusion meet at an angle of 90° in males but that angle is usually 120° in females. However, this doesn't explain why in some women with large Adam's Apples, they appear no different than what one would see on a man.

A prominent Adam's apple is commonly considered a male secondary sex characteristic though this is more of a perception than anything pointing to scientific fact since not all males have Adam's Apples and there are quite a few women who do.

Answer 2

Well, like many parts of the male body, it's doesn't exactly have a very obvious purpose. Probably it's some old genetic thing that isn't so important anymore.

In a lot of species, there's a lot of differences between the male and the female, usually due to mating habits. In humans, the traditional mating habits was that the men fought over the women, and whoever was left alive got the girl.

Probably, the tough cartillage adam's apple helps to protect the larnyx, and to some degree, the jugular, wind pipe, and thoat. With the larger larnyx, it would be more difficult to get a good grip around the neck to choke someone, if you;'re trying to slash his throat with a stone knife there's a LOT more to cut through, and so on like this. Basically, the big adam's apple is a sort of natural neck protection to help prevent damage to this vital part of the body.

Of course, that's just a guess.

Answer 3

I've read that a boy's voice gets deep because the vocal cords thicken. So maybe when the vocal cords thicken they take up more room and it pushes the Adam's apple forward? It's probably Google-able, but if you'd wanted that, you probably would have done it yourself.

Answer 4

They're for this very useful and face-saving reason.

When you go on holiday to South East Asia, you check very closely whether the drop-dead gorgeous girl that's chatting you up actually has an "adam's apple".
Get my drift?

Other than that, I'm not really sure. See other contributions.

Answer 5

Women have adam's apples as well, they're just not prominent.

Answer 6

I don't know, maybe it is what helps develop the pitch change of the voice during puberty?? Just an idea, I'm probably way off lol

Answer 7

prominently shown in males and hidden in women...

Answer 8

every human has them they are just more promient in males

Answer 9

I think kacky is guessing!

Answer 10

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