• Question: why do boys have nipples?

    Asked by torin to Adrian on 13 Nov 2016.
    • Photo: Adrian Chu

      Adrian Chu answered on 13 Nov 2016:

      Men can, under some circumstances, fill in the role for women in terms of breastfeeding (e.g. sick mother cannot breastfeed her baby, mother unavailable or passed away etc.).
      It is not common, but it can be achieved given the right stimuli.

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