Why do men have nipples?

[helderheid]

[laconicsax]

1. why wouldn't they?

[XemaSab]

2. If I told you it would lock this thread

:P

[LeftyMom]

3. To keep me entertained. nt

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. My dear helderheid...

Why shouldn't they?

Nipples are an erogenous zone, even for men...

:shrug:

[underpants]

5. Its basically a cost saving measure at the design stage

The human unit needed to be standard in as many ways as possible to reduce production costs. Nipples came with the package.

[Hardrada]

7. It was at first thought to make them optional but the decision was

to make brains optional instead.

[Hand]

6. Insh'Allah. nt

[leeroysphitz]

8. There's too much nipple twisting goning on in this thread.

[Oeditpus Rex]

9. We need a place to keep our keys

on hot days.

[sakabatou]

10. From "The Straight Dope":

http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_093.html

[deucemagnet]

11. They're strictly ornamental.

Kinda like spinner rims.

[LaStrega]

12. to hang cinder blocks from at lolapalooza freak shows

[rug]

13. So they don't touch their dicks all the time.

[qnr]

14. External thermometers when we were covered with fur? n/t

[fleabert]

15. one theory...

they used to breastfeed...and still do sometimes...
(found this in June 2005)

[GoddessOfGuinness]

16. To feed their babies...

Check this out: http://unassistedbirth.com/miscarticles/milkmen.html

[CreekDog]

17. so that if we decide to become women, they know where the boobs go

:think:

[Manifestor_of_Light]

18. So they can keep the brassiere industry in business.

When they get to middle age and have man boobies to fill those cups.

[Fleshdancer]

19. it turns out that some can breastfeed

and it's about damn time if you ask me:

http://web.archive.org/web/20040612183349/http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_700634.html

Widower learns to breastfeed

A Sri Lankan widower has attracted the attention of doctors for his ability to breastfeed his young daughter.

Mr B Wijeratne, from Walapanee, near Colombo, took to breastfeeding her soon after his wife died three months ago while giving birth to their second child.

His elder daughter, 18-month-old Nisansala Madhushani, was so used to her mother's milk that she would not take formula milk.

Mr Wijeratne told Sinhalese language newspaper Lankadeepa: "My child would reject the powdered milk I tried feeding through a bottle.

"Unable to see her cry I offered my breast. That's when I discovered that I could breastfeed her."

;)