Why Do Males Have Nipples?

I thought it had to do with the way that the body develops in the womb before the sex is formed (shaped?).

I thought it had to do with the way that the body develops in the womb before the sex is formed (shaped?).

yes. basically a foetus up to the age of about 14 weeks gestation will develop the same way, whether male or female, and all the parts are there, just in an androgenous, undeveloped form. If it has a Y chromosome, this causes it to start to develop as a male. The absence of a Y chromosome it develops into a female. Males and females have all equivalent parts, which start to develop as one or the other at this stage in gestation. The penis and *kitten* are obviously equivalent... but less obvious equivalents are the uterus and the sac where sperms are stored (if I recall correctly.... actually I can't remember all the exact details, i.e every single part that's equivalent but there are equivalents for everything)... males have nipples for basically the same reason why a woman has a *kitten*. Mostly it's an accident of development but it also has a lot of potential for fun. Who says science has to kill all the fun? Enjoying sex is crucial for animal evolution and evolution can make things that may seem to have developed accidentally to have a useful purpose.

I thought it had to do with the way that the body develops in the womb before the sex is formed (shaped?).

yes. basically a foetus up to the age of about 14 weeks gestation will develop the same way, whether male or female, and all the parts are there, just in an androgenous, undeveloped form. If it has a Y chromosome, this causes it to start to develop as a male. The absence of a Y chromosome it develops into a female. Males and females have all equivalent parts, which start to develop as one or the other at this stage in gestation. The penis and *kitten* are obviously equivalent... but less obvious equivalents are the uterus and the sac where sperms are stored (if I recall correctly.... actually I can't remember all the exact details, i.e every single part that's equivalent but there are equivalents for everything)... males have nipples for basically the same reason why a woman has a *kitten*. Mostly it's an accident of development but it also has a lot of potential for fun. Who says science has to kill all the fun? Enjoying sex is crucial for animal evolution and evolution can make things that may seem to have developed accidentally to have a useful purpose.

I thought it had to do with the way that the body develops in the womb before the sex is formed (shaped?).

yes. basically a foetus up to the age of about 14 weeks gestation will develop the same way, whether male or female, and all the parts are there, just in an androgenous, undeveloped form. If it has a Y chromosome, this causes it to start to develop as a male. The absence of a Y chromosome it develops into a female. Males and females have all equivalent parts, which start to develop as one or the other at this stage in gestation. The penis and *kitten* are obviously equivalent... but less obvious equivalents are the uterus and the sac where sperms are stored (if I recall correctly.... actually I can't remember all the exact details, i.e every single part that's equivalent but there are equivalents for everything)... males have nipples for basically the same reason why a woman has a *kitten*. Mostly it's an accident of development but it also has a lot of potential for fun. Who says science has to kill all the fun? Enjoying sex is crucial for animal evolution and evolution can make things that may seem to have developed accidentally to have a useful purpose.