Why do men have nipples?This is a very Interesting question.the nipples on men serves a purpose – as a baby pacifier. This thought came from overhearing conversations between nursing mothers who complained that their babies suckle merely for comfort and not feeding. Also, a friend from the Sarawak interior once mentioned that during church sermons it is very common to see mothers giving the baby the ‘teat’ once the infant starts crying. The ‘teat’ not only acts as a food source but also a pacifier.
This brings us back to the men-nipple purpose. If male nipples were redundant it would have sort of disappeared long ago through evolution. But till today it is still kind of pronounced on men’s chest and both the male and female pairs look identical.
Hence, perhaps during the cave-man years men also had the duty of child caring. Human-infant cries are one of the loudest and may act against early humans who were hiding from predators. In the absence of the mother, the father would have to offer something similar to the mother’s nipple to pacify a crying infant.
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Don't forget that men can produce milk also!
In situations where the mother dies and the father starts to 'pacify' the youngling, the 'breast' starts to produce milk of some sort (maybe not all men, but the persistent ones).
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