Why Do Men Have Nipples?

Question

I'd like a logical, possibly biological answer to this. I don't want "So women can l**k them during foreplay".

Thanks.

Answer 1

to feed babies on a diet

Answer 2

and bite........... and pull...................

softly blow............  

Answer 3

as an embryo we all are the same and start out female, then male hormones kick in and you end up with a boy  

Answer 4

to look human

Answer 5

because how would guys give each other purple nurples without them.

Answer 6

All embryos start out as female.

Answer 7

Maybe because its in the genetic code for humans to have nipples. The code is not based on a s*x until the sperm and egg get together  so to make sure that all women have nipples all humans have the code for nipples. My best semi-educated guess, hope it makes sense.

Answer 8

The three most useless things in the world:

Men's nipples, The Pope's balls and a vote of thanks to the workers.

Answer 9

Because nipples (and mammary glands in general) are a vital organ for the female of the species, and the presence of nipples in males has not yet been associated with enough harmful effects to necessitate an UNCOUPLING by gender.

SEXUAL DIMORPHISM (i.e., morphological differences between males and females) will not occur if the OPTIMAL TRAIT (e.g., pubic harir) is the same for both sexes, or if the optimal trait (e.g., b*****s) is important for one s*x (e.g., females) but unimportant to the other. The latter paradigm is the case with nipples, which are unimportant to males, because their presence is not sufficiently harmful to provide any selective advantage to males who lack nipples. Consequently, the nipple trait has not been uncoupled by gender.

Nevertheless, malignancies occur occasionally in male breast tissue, and gynecomastia (enlarged b*****s in males) is prevalent and problematic in overweight men, so it is possible, especially over a very long time period, that nipples will eventually be uncoupled, resulting in a sexual dimorphism characterized by the complete disappearance of b*****s in males.

Answer 10

Because of the gender division evolution process

Answer 11

Why have male nipples not dissapeared?

There seems to be a logical explanation about why women have nipples - for babies. But why do men's bodies retain what appears to be redundant body parts?

The answer is that as embryos men and women have similar tissues and body parts. If anything the embryo follows a 'female template'. That is why nipples are present in both sexes. It is the effect of the genes, the Y chromosome and the hormone testosterone that brings about the changes and masculinises the embryo. Testosterone promotes the growth of the p***s and testicles. Because nipples are there before this process begins the nipples stay!

Nipples and breast tissue have no function as such except for perhaps protecting the heart and lungs from injury.

Answer 12

Male nipples are what's called vestigial. They have no overt purpose and are a leftover of the evolution of the embryonic developmental process. Therefore, the only reason they exist is for your lover to l**k them during foreplay.

Answer 13

part of the evolutionary process of man and woman

Answer 14

we all start out the same in the womb. its just what parts of us develop and HOW they develop. for example the ovaries and the testis begin as the same tissue.