Why Do Men Have Nipples?

[auntAgonist]

Hundreds of Questions You'd Only Ask a Doctor after Your Third Martini



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Say you’re at a party. You’ve had a martini or three, and you mingle through the crowd, wondering how long you need to stay before going out for pizza. Suddenly you’re introduced to someone new, Dr. Nice Tomeetya. You forget the pizza. Now is the perfect time to bring up all those strange questions you’d like to ask during an office visit with your own doctor but haven’t had the guts (or more likely the time) to do so. You’re filled with liquid courage . . . now is your chance! If you’ve ever wanted to ask a doctor . . .
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hehe looks like it might be a good book eh? :)
And YOU thought this was a sex thread :yoiks:

aA.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

1. Why Do Women Only Have One Mouth But Two Ears?? Shouldn't it be the other

way around?

hehehe

[Canadian Socialist]

7. I find this offensive. And I am not a prude. n/t

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

12. What the hell does it have to do with being prude??????

Maybe it was your sick mind? :shrug:

I mean cause they talk twice as much as they listen, but ok, whatever.


(and was also being quite lighthearted at that.)

[Canadian Socialist]

15. The first rule of holes

when you find yourself in one, stop digging. Now, you are just being a sexist. And no, sexism and other forms of bigotry are not subjects for "lighthearted" banter.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

20. LMAO Yeah, I'm Sexist

If anything, you just proved my point :rofl:

And it was meant as a joke, lighten up francis.

[Jamastiene]

84. Best.Comeback.Ever.

:rofl:

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

91. Really? I thought it came off as quite bitter, self-righteous, and whiney

But to each their own :rofl:

[TankLV]

58. I trust you will complain just as loudly to post #26 below, right?

[MrScorpio]

2. Men are mutants

All embryos start out as female

[ashling]

52. Evolution ...

so, since evolution has occured, and continues, through mutations, are you suggesting that the male is more highly evolved?

Just asking.

I'll leave now
:yoiks:

[Canadian Socialist]

3. To answer the original question, and this is just a stab in the dark

as I never studied biology in school. I would think that men have nipples because all fetuses start as female. It's only when the chromosones (dna? don't ask me) kicks in at a certain time in the fetus's development that the male part starts. Ergo, the nipples stay, and the penis grows. Or something like that.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

4. uhhhhhhhhhhhh no. lol It is actually just because we haven't fully

evolved past them yet, but the day will come when we won't have them. Much like we still have a tailbone, and arm hair, etc...

[radwriter0555]

60. That's correct. We all start out female and half of them turn into males

of the species.

The better half stay in the original form. Males just evolve to serve female needs, really.

[rosesaylavee]

82. Males are mutants...

that's sounds about right.

[radwriter0555]

93. Yes, they are. That's why we have to be kind to most of them.

The nasty ones, we can be mean to.

[khashka]

69. For someone who never studied biology

you got it right. We all start as basically female. DNA (and other factors) kick in prenatal hormones that make the fetus grow a little bit differently. So testosterone and other andric hormones become dominant and "female" hormones are told to sit down and keep their mouths shut. But we all have both and they determine fetal growth and even effect us after
birth as our bodies develope. For all our lives we produce both "male" and "female" hormones, just in different amounts.

But if you take this to it's logical conclusion........ women are the real humans and men are the mutants. Or that there really aren't "men" or "women" but just humans who vary a little bit from each other.

Khash.

[Rowdyboy]

5. I've wondered too, so I looked around a bit...Here's one answer

‘Males and females are not separate entities, shaped independently by natural selection. Both sexes are variants upon a single ground plan, elaborated in later embryology. Male mammals have nipples because females need them and the embryonic pathway to their development builds precursors in all mammalian fetuses, enlarging the breasts later in females but leaving them small (and without evident function) in males.’

http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/may97/861311884.Me.r.html

[Canadian Socialist]

6. I have heard (and I cannot find a link or a cite)

that, in some men, they can lactate when their child cries (which can be a signal to the woman to pop out the boob). Like I said, I know next to nothing about biology/anatomy. Everything I know I learned from Oprah <g>.

[Rowdyboy]

8. I think I vaguely remember that the penis and the clitoris start out as

the same thing in fetuses (fetii?)...

I know I've read that occasionally men can lactate.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

9. Hi there, my dear Rowdyboy......

You are correct, if I am remembering my old days studying human anatomy....

The penis and clitoris do begin as the same bit of tissue, and then differentiate later in embryonic life.

And yes, men can lactate, but this is very rare, and really abnormal.

:hi:

[Rowdyboy]

17. Thanks for the backup! I had a very good education but unfortunately

wasted WAY too many brain cells recreationally. :smoke: Thirty years later, I tend to doubt my memory-especially on my weak subjects (science and math).

:hi:

[Canadian Socialist]

13. You're correct.

The clitoris is basically a very small penis. Now, as a man, you probably know how sensitive your penis is. Imagine that sensitivity concentrated in something as small as a clitoris. Because the clitoris and the penis have the same amount of nerve endings.

[Rowdyboy]

18. Helps to understand how a woman can experience multiple orgasms....

That many nerve endings concentrated in such a small area is mind-blowing!

[Fleshdancer]

64. interesting fact: the average adult clitoris is 4" long.

so technically, it isn't a "very small" penis. The average length for a penis is what, 5.5"? Of course, most of the clitoris is inside of the body so it appears much smaller. And as far as the nerve ending go, this is why kicking a woman between the legs is painful too. :scared:

[The Sushi Bandit]

14. and women can have an "erection"

...its a fact!

[Rowdyboy]

19. Me being gay and all, I'll just have to trust you on that one!

But it stands to reason anything that incredibly sensitive would react to stimulation....

[JVS]

70. .

:puke:

[auntAgonist]

63. thanks Rowdyboy!

Lots of information there, I sure do appreciate you looking it up.

:hug:

[Broken_Hero]

10. I hate to say this...

But i was watching Montel one day, and there was some dudes on there, and they said that men have nipples because after conception, or whatever, all babies are technically females, until some other hormone, or what not kicks in...something like that.

[terrya]

11. So gay men and women can suck on them.

Basically, that's the only reason for them. :-)

[Deja Q]

16. I can think of better things to suck..;.

Oddly enough, nipples never really turned me on.

Maybe I'm not really bi after all! :crazy:

[sundog]

29. ha

:toast:

[ContraBass Black]

83. And a good reason it is.

[Canadian Socialist]

21. Just because I feel like it, I am going to derail this thread...

I am :::ahem::: a well endowed female. Never had a kid. However, whenever I hold family and/or friends babies? They latch on me like leeches. I swear it's embarrassing. It's like they see me and go, "Buffet!". Sorry kids, I'm like McDonalds... may look like food, but isn't.

[auntAgonist]

24. hehe

:rofl:

[Redstone]

22. So people will wonder why men have nipples.

Redstone

[mykpart]

23. I don't know why, but since they do,

I say they should share the breastfeeding responsibilities!

[TankLV]

56. My one year old nephew tried that when we fell asleep with him on top of

me with no shirt on!

I woke up quite fast and was never without a shirt from that time on when I held him!

[Floogeldy]

25. So Gay Focker can milk them.

:rofl:

[Dangerously Amused]

26. So guys can look at women and get breast envy.

It's God's little way of reminding men that women are the superior gender.

She is quite clever that way.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

27. Hmmmmm. But Woman means "Of Man".

Corinthians 11:8 LOL


(on edit: no, i'm not sexist, don't flame me. Just playin your own game :) LOL )

[Dangerously Amused]

28. No. Man was the Beta version.

"Wo" means "better than."

[eyepaddle]

31. Woman, Wo-man

whoa, man.

What?

So I married an axe murderer ;)

[GrpCaptMandrake]

53. So Adam's talking to God

and he says "Dude, I'm lonesome. How 'bout some company?"

And God says "Lookit, I'll make you the perfect companion. Absolute harmony. Utter pleasure. Your days spent in bliss, your nights in passion."

And Adam says "Sounds great! What've I gotta do?"

And God says "Well, it'll cost ya an arm and a leg."

And Adam thinks for a minute, ponders that absent arm, that missing leg, and says "So what can I get for a rib?"

Ba-dum-bum!

I'll be here all week. Don't forget to tip your waitstaff.

:evilgrin:

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

95. HA! I Love It!! Never heard that one before

I gotta commit that one to memory :)

[TankLV]

57. But that's not being sexist - only "cute" - right!

Why is it OK for women to make derrogatory comments and tasteless jokes about men but they are the first to BITCH when the shoe is on the other foot?

[Dangerously Amused]

77. Gee, I dunno.

Maybe it has something to do with the fact that predominently men still run the country, the court system, the banks, the media, the fortune 500 companies, the medical entities, the entertainment industry, the religious institutions, still make more than women do for the same job, still beat up and rape women far more than women beat up and rape them, still try to control women's bodies with laws...

I guess those same jokes, coming from men, somehow seem a little less funny...

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

98. Hmmmmm, After that list above, I think I need to ask you what then, is

on your list that would actually make them superior then? lol

[LeftyMom]

30. Female amusement?

;)

Well really they're the emergency backup breastfeeding system. The female amusement parts are roughly 18" lower.

[flvegan]

36. Um...

nevermind. Yes, those parts...much more orally desireable...

[LeftyMom]

39. hell yes!

:9

I'd say more but I'd have to alert meself, so I'll leave it at that. :evilgrin:

[flvegan]

40. And

those parts and 1,000 times as tasty.

Sorry...nothing to see here...

[flvegan]

32. Men have nipples because

1. It feels good when our partner touches them, regardless of how or with what. Face it and shut up.

2. If men didn't, we'd have something else to either hold against or otherwise blame women for.

3. If evolution is true, men would NEVER get anything accomplished if we had breasts to back those nipples up. Had we breasts, we'd never leave the house.

I'm thankful for my nipples, but I'm MUCH more thankful for my female partner's nipples...

[LeftyMom]

33. Also, you'd look strange without 'em

They break up the space between shoulders and navel nicely. Hooray for nipples! :party:

[flvegan]

35. You should see that space on me.

My shoulder width view to navel view bills with the gods...

[LeftyMom]

38. and I will.

:9

[barb162]

34. that tells the women where to aim the gun or knife

right between those nipples...you nail his heart

[eyepaddle]

37. Zang!

ouch! :scared:

[barb162]

61. I thought I'd get deleted for that but come on, what else do they

have nipples for?!!? (hahahha)

[TankLV]

59. Okaaaaayyyyy now.....

this is getting out of hand.

I find this extremely offensive.

[barb162]

62. Umm, I'm kidding ( that's what I always told my husband)

Besides I am a great believer in non-violence

[In_The_Wind]

41. They are erogenous zone for many men.

[Floogeldy]

42. I guess you should know.

:smoke:

[In_The_Wind]

44. .

I was thinking of one man in particular and generalizing about the rest.

[Floogeldy]

46. Okay.

I was wrong. :(

[In_The_Wind]

47. .

[Floogeldy]

49. `

[auntAgonist]

97. looks like

Eskimo Kisses :)

[Floogeldy]

43. I guess you should know.

:smoke:

[Touchdown]

45. Silly. That's where the piercing goes.

Don't you know anything?:crazy:

[auntAgonist]

81. Love them piercings

[WCGreen]

48. Well, I for one, would miss my nipples cause

I like to have them licked and flicked....

[In_The_Wind]

50. *note to self*

[RevCheesehead]

51. Dessert.

[In_The_Wind]

54. *giggle*

:popcorn::popcorn:

BTW ~ :thumbsup:

[Hand]

55. Insh'Allah... nt

[chknltl]

65. Threads like these....

...are what make the DU lounge so damned addicting!!!
btw I have 3 nipples, not 2. (Just wanted to share that tidbit).
:patriot:

[Callalily]

66. I read with great interest

all of your comments, but I'm just going to comment on the book, which btw was recommended to me by a guy. It is a very amusing and entertaining book, and great fun to read with friends. And . . . I embrace the differences between men and women.

[Politically_Wrong]

88. I bought it for the title...I mean...yes interesting book...

lol, but seriously...It was a fun read...speaking of books...I have yet to get "Locked Within Time" I guess I'll have to e-mail Amazon or the person I bought it from...I'm very upset...I probably would be depressed about it BUT tomorrow is Sunday and the Bills are playing! So, I'll have to kick that downbeat attitude aside until Monday!

[Callalily]

92. I searched for a synopsis

of "Locked Within Time", but can't seem find any. What's it about? Did you borrow it to someone? You'd better not borrow any books to me, I'm notorious for not returning books. I've finally started to read "Rowing to Latitude" again. Had to put it down for a while.
Wishing your Bills good luck. I suspect the Packers game will be another . Ugh!

[Politically_Wrong]

94. Well...

I wasn't able to find the book anywhere so I decided to order it off of Amazon.com...I'm not sure how quick delivery is but it said "Fast Delivery" so...we'll see what happens...I'll give it another day until start e-mailing

[tjwmason]

67. Get some clothes pegs

After that you'll never have to ask again. :evilgrin:

[khashka]

73. May I ask exactly what you've been up to lately, my lad?

And can you send pix?

Clothes pegs, indeed! TJ is a perv!

(But I can't complain too much since I am too. Mine are chromed stainless steel, which hurts like a sumbitch. Used to wear 'em on my lapel or as tie clips, 'til my boss told me she knew what they were and what they were used for and if I showed up at work wearing them as fashion accessories, I probably would no longer have a job. Ha ha ha.)

Khash.

[tjwmason]

75. Wouldn't you like to know....

and no there are no pictures - certainly not steel ones though, I'm a delicate boy.

[khashka]

79. A delicate boy, huh?

My favourite kind! Making delicate boys into tough ones is fun.

Khash.
(You really haven't figured out how deeply evil I am, have you?)

[swimboy]

87. Good evening, Sir.

That sounds like an interesting line of work.

[khashka]

90. It has it's rewards....

Hehehe!

So you are back, now! You said you were gonna be travelling. How did it go? Did you have a good time?

Khash.

[swimboy]

99. Yes, I'm back.

I had a very enjoyable time. Too much good food. I'm compelled this week to try to outswim the second helpings of stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy and I lost count of how many different pies there were.

Did you go to your fundie friends' house for dinner?

(Great to see you :loveya:)

[LeftyMom]

76. You wore them to work?

You *are* a naughty little perv, aren't you?!? :loveya:

[khashka]

78. A very naughty little perv!

I thought you guys had figured that out by now. I've not exactly been discreet about it.

:loveya:, LM. Hope you're having a wonderful Saturday, my dear.

Khash.

[LeftyMom]

80. Well, of course I knew that!

It still amuses me to hear the details. :evilgrin:

:hug:

[swimboy]

86. Well, I'm back.

And I'm giving thanks. :evilgrin: Good to see you and even nicer to picture you. :loveya:

[tjwmason]

96. Oh dear

I bet you no longer think of me as a pure an unsullied boy - hey ho, the veil of ignorance has to slip at some point.

But I really am pure and unsullied - despite what Khash says - he's been rather beastly to me whilst you've been away. Plus he's dumping me for you as you call him 'sir', which I'd certainly never do.

Welcome back nonetheless. :hi: :hug:

[swimboy]

100. Don't tense up.

You've always impressed me, despite the fact that I think that veil dropped some time ago :loveya:. It would actually be a shame and a waste if one so handsome and accomplished were completely pure and unsullied. As Mae West said, "I was pure as the driven snow--but I drifted." :evilgrin:

I'm sorry Khash has mistreated you but I'm sure it did wonders for him.

:hug:

[khashka]

68. My answers to this burning question

1. They are fun to play with. For both parties, no less.
2. So you'd have something to pierce.
3. The basic default setting for humanity is female, so guys end up with a few lady parts.
4. So women wouldn't have to be solely responsible for breast-feeding. Interesting scientific fact: guys can lactate too - with enough of the correct stimulation. It just takes a little longer to start without the correct hormonal cues.

Khash.

[In_The_Wind]

71. Ah! Again you come through with a Winning Answer!

:thumbsup:

[jane_pippin]

72. It's funny to me that it's Mark Leyner who is responsible for this.

His other books are nuts--like psychotic weirdo nuts. I read them all in high school.
One of them has a scene in which the main character, also named Mark Leyner, is in a hotel somewhere with his wife in D.C. and they are about to fool around but must first snort a vial of Abe Lincoln's sweat (I think that's what it was) that they stole from the Smithsonian because it will give them such an incredible high.

Another (or maybe it's the same one--I forget) has the character Mark Leyner, world famous uber-writer, holed up in his compound, (hiding from would be assassins and up and coming writers who may knock him off his pedestal), which is guarded by genetically enhanced terminator-esque octogenarians.

The guy's hilarious and insane. Look for "Tooth Imprints on a Corn Dog," "My Cousin, My Gastroenterologist" (which might be the Abe Lincoln one.), "The Tetherballs of Bougainville," and "I Smell Esther Williams" if you want your brain to hurt for a while.

[jane_pippin]

74. Here are some links to his other books:

I can't believe I forgot the name of this one:
Et Tu, Babe?
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0679745068/102-5328243-9851361?v=glance&n=283155&n=507846&s=books&v=glance

My Cousin, My Gastroenterologist:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0679745793/102-5328243-9851361?v=glance&n=283155&n=507846&s=books&v=glance

The Tetherballs of Bougainville:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/067976349X/102-5328243-9851361?v=glance&n=283155&n=507846&s=books&v=glance

Tooth Imprints on a Corn Dog:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0679745211/102-5328243-9851361?v=glance&n=283155&n=507846&s=books&v=glance

I Smell Esther Willaims:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0679750452/102-5328243-9851361?v=glance&n=283155&n=507846&s=books&v=glance

I'm nerding out because I loved these books (they're SO weird!) and all these links have the "Look Inside" thing so maybe you'll, like, you know, check it out, and junk. :D

[Hyernel]

85. So that Dick Cheney would have something to clip the electrodes to.

:evilgrin:

[auntAgonist]

89. ohhhhhhhh

good answer!!!!

attach to his OWN though ... :rofl: