Why?

[vict0r]

Something ive always wondered is: Why do men have nipples? Anyone who has a clue?

[IM NOT TEH SPAM]

I'm sorry I can't answer that.  I'm not god.  But I'll ask my brother, as he seems to tell me he is... 


But really, we can't know.  They probably had a use back in the early days of evolution, but just sort of became nothing after unuse, like the appendix.

[RyRayer]

Without nipples the male chest looks strange. LINK
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[Mr Flibble]

Gender isn't decided until quite late in the pregnancy, or so I believe.
EDIT: But I think the point is still valid...?
The cells that later form the male penis grow within the female as the clitoris.
In a similar fashion, the nipples grow on both sexes, even though they have no use in the male.

[Vel]

Most. Pointless. Topic. Ever.

[Nacho]

Gender is decided in the very moment of conception Fribble. XY is male and XX is female. Man allways gives X cromosome and woman X or Y.

Men have nipples because we need a place in the chest to pierce.

[Ashen]

XY is male and XX is female. Man allways gives X cromosome and woman X or Y

Think there's a typo there...

While that's mostly true (obviously, it's man who gives the Y chromosome, woman not having one, and all), I think gender differences don't start showing up for about 6 weeks - while the fetus IS either male or female, there's no developed differences, so what Flibble said could still be true.

However, the real reason men have nipples, is for fun.

[Rui 'Trovatore' Pires]

I don't know about you guys, but I keep Ted and Brad because they're the best conversationalists in my whole body. Best company I could hope for in a sleepless night.

[Andail]

As some of you know, I have four nipples. Which means that I could pierce both Ted and Brad while having a decent conversation with Sam, while my japanese female neighbour is licking Chip McMarmite.

[Rui 'Trovatore' Pires]

Lucky bastard.

Ah well, at least I don't have to stay up at night while my buddies argue whether they want to go out and get wild or stay home and be tame. Or go out and be tame or stay home and be wild.

[vict0r]

Japanese female or japanese shemale neighbor? Did you grow up on a nuclear testsite or something since you have four? Ã, 

[Tuomas]

I shall explain... there are those red lines in each human's body that stand for very hormonal centres. Now, the two darker red spots are where nipples usually are found, but the whole meaning is that they can appear everywhere along these hormon-lines. Thus some might have three four, maybe more nipples following the lines. The fact that most are where they are is because the spot is roughly at the centre and therefore where most hormons "nest"... this is why they usually grow larger. Well, hope you understand, the word choises I mean...

[Las Naranjas]

Also note that the male nipples are fully capable of lactating. This is usually the result of hormone imbalances. In WWII there were cases of Australian POWs who had hormone imbalances as the result of the starvation diet, and resulted in breast growth and lactation.

[TheYak]

My co-worker asked me a similar question.  When I responded, I also mentioned male lactation.  He was quite puzzled and wanted to know whether you'd have to poke a hole in the tip for the milk to come out.  Another tragic victim of the public school system.

[vict0r]

Is there possible to be born with only one nipple? That would look weird

[Andail]

I wish all my four nipples could lactate.

[Meowster]

I believe some men find can nipples quite delightfully pleasurable, should they be lavished with attention by a pretty young lady (or man, whatever).

[Andail]

Oh indeed, and not just young ladies either, my upper limit is around 40.
The few times I have had men lavishly attending my nipples have been rather pleasant as well, especially one particular time, when I didn't realise it was a man.
So yeah, never underestimate the level of pleasure concealed within these rudiments.

[Haddas]

I'm scared

[Meowster]

Please guys, if you explore your body after reading this thread, note that it is not a massive turn-on when you tweak your nipples repeatedly as though they are volume dials.