why do men have nipples? and whilst im at it beards?.......?
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Men have nipples. That is just part of human anatomy for males and females. \n\nAs for beards, that is also part of our biology. Men\nhave testosterone hormone which increases their hair growth at puberty and then into manhood.\n\nSome woman with high testosterone levels also have hair growth on face, for which most use some form of hair removal creme or other method\n\nBeards are a mans preference. My husband loves to groom himself with different face fashions  mustache, gotti\nsideburns, sideburns that frame chin. \n\nHave you ever seen a really long mustache. I wonder about\nthose\n\nI know for years its been part of men and fashion statement.\n\nHow about those long long beards like zztop, very funky.\n\nBluebeard, Jesus Christ,  Saints, Monks, Pirates, Rock Stars, Johnny Depp in the Pirates of the Caribbean (oooh)The bearded lady at the circus. \n\nuh oh, i'm going off now. \n\nBeards. They feel fuzzy and scrape your face when he kisses you. They can stimulate you when they rub up against your body. Hmmm. Think about that. They can make a man look \ndistinguished or unkempt. They can have things crawling in them if your not careful soooo WATCH OUT when you kiss the bearded men. And check out what happens when you pinch their nipples!
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In my undergrad biology days, this was actually discussed in a developmental biology class.\n\nMen have nipples because, at one time in the womb, they were female.  As the embryo develops, it takes the influence of genes located on the Y chromosome to allow the fetus to develop primary male sexual characteristics.  Up until that point, only the X chromosome is active, and nipple formation has already taken place.\n\nThe nipples are not a purely female trait; it's the mammary tissue in the breasts that are the real indicator.
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Unles it's really annoying to you I wouldn't worry about it. A lot of people love hair on a man. If it's annoying you listen to the people above and then see a doctor because it probably is testosterone and there might be something a doctor can do. :^)
688216
You tell us about yours. Most will say their nipples where others will direct us men more south. You decide, everyone of you are different in your own ways and sensitivity.\n\nAhh yes...
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first, human male nipples are not useless, nor are they "vestigial" (more about "use" in a moment)\n\nto answer the latter part of your question...yes!\n\nmales actually can lactate under certain conditions (stress, medicinal/hormonal stimulation, and others); males do have, unbeknown to many, mammary glands\n\nbut male lactation is an unusual, rare event\n\nand human males would not be able to produce the quantities of milk needed to adequately nurse offspring\n\nthe primary purpose of the human male nipple is to serve as an erotic stimulus\n\nthe very first command that god gave to man and woman (adam and eve) was reproduce and fill the earth (ie, have sex and make babies)\n\n(of course the sexual relationship was always and only intended to be addressed within the marriage relationship...on the other hand, neither was it intended to be limited to some simple act of nothing more than making babies; it was also intended for pleasure according to the "song of songs"\n\nin the physically fit male, which men were originally intended to be, the nipples serve to sexually stimulate the female when they gaze at their husbands while working or relaxing; they also serve to sexually stimulate the male when his wife offers manual or oral stimulation\n\nin short, the primary function of male nipples is to serve as an erogenous zone (through visual and/or tactile stimulation)
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Men's nipples don't have a purpose.  When a baby is developing in the uterus, they all start out as female, hence the nipples developing.  Basically in order for a male to develop from there is a genetic fluke which sends signals to start developing male organs.  The only sign that is left that all men started as females at the most basic level of life is the nipples.\n\nFascinating, huh?
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Same reason men have more hair on face, chest & back-testosterone and genetic prediliction. However, some women are also plagued with more hair than desireable-in all the wrong places-yes, even Butt Hair.
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Men are cut from the same mold as females.  Men HAVE nipples in order for women, who need them, get them.\n\nYeah, yeah, but that is all I got!
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Men have nipples because all humans start out female, and only later in development do males differentiate, change, and develop the characteristics that make them uniquely male.  If you examine a scrotum closely, you will notice a seam that runs down the middle of it – this is because the tissue that forms the scrotum in a male, is the same tissue that forms labia in a female.  Few people, particularly men, recognize this, but a clitoris, the sensitive part of the female genitals becomes hard when a girl is aroused – I am certain that is not just a coincidence.  Ovaries and testicles are also two different finished products that our bodies create out of the same tissue, depending solely on gender.\n\nSo men’s nipples are a relic of a time before birth when boys were girls.
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None. Males and females are essentially the same during development until a hormonal event causes males to develop male genitalia. Because of this, we have some of the same physical characteristics and thus males have nipples.
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Before asking that question, you need to understand what evolution is.   Evolution describes genetic change over time in response to environmental selection pressures on a species.  This means that advantageous changes are not weeded out.  In fact, all traits which do not negatively impact survival or reproduction, will not be weeded out.  Nipples on a man fall into this category.  Further, if anything, nipples are PROOF of evolution - In general, all species evolved from a prototype ancestral condition; thus, there exists genotypic and phenotypic similarities between members of a species and between related species.  All mammals have nipples, male or female, because our earliest mammalian ancestor had nipples (in fact, what makes us all "mammals" is the ability to produce milk via "mammary" glands to nurse our young).  Thus, both genders of our species (and all mammalian species) have nipples.  Nipples are a conserved evolutionary trait and are not gender-specific.
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Marriage doesn't make any difference to the appearance of nipples.  I used to think that nipples had one tiny hole in the middle somewhere.  I got a surprise the first time I nursed.  The nipples have lots of little holes like a garden watering can.  The holes are so little you can't see them.
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because males MAY use them as stimulation receptors, they aren't ruled out by evolution\nso infact that are used, just not like females use them (think about it, if a male has nipples and uses them this way, then he would be able to spread his charateristic to more females thereby increasing the popularity and favorability of the trait)\nas for the question of why they there in the first place...\nits one of those characteristics that are kept when the baby is developing in the womb
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i dont like beards, i like goatees though....
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Because in the womb, we develop equally until a certain point where our respective genders become more apparent. The period before this is when men grow nipples.\n\nBesides, can you imagine life without your nipples? A bleak world indeed.
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ladies nipples getting hard is just the same as when a guy gets a boner. that happens when you're horny
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Every animal comes from a "generic" base model.. the "Y" chromosome chooses to make that base model male.  All body parts translate into some part or another between the two sexes.  So, men AND women therefore have nipples.