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August 3, 2005
Why Do Men Have Nipples?
t's a good question, isn't it? But is it enough for an entire book?
New York physician Billy Goldberg, pestered by unusual questions at cocktail parties and other social gatherings over the years, puts the public's mind at ease in his book "Why Do Men Have Nipples?" which hits the book stores on Tuesday."It's really remarkable how often you get accosted," said Goldberg, 39. "There are the medical questions from family and friends, and then there are the drunk and outrageous questions where somebody wants to drop their pants and show you a rash or something."
Okay. So WHY do men have nipples?
While only females have mammary glands, we all start out in a similar way in the embryo, the authors explain. The embryo follows a female template until about six weeks, when the male sex chromosome kicks in. Men, however, have already developed nipples.
The idea that we all start out as women kind of puts a crimp in the old Adam-came-first myth. (Of course, being a man, he probably DID come first.)
*** My worst fear is that I'll end up living in some run-down duplex on Wilshire wearing pants hiked up to my nipples and muttering under my breath. Richard Dreyfuss
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Posted by witnit at August 3, 2005 12:33 PM
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