Actually men used to help nurse babies in some cultures and a few tribes still do it today. I started looking into it after reading an article about a man who nursed his twin daughters after his wife died in the tsunami in Sri Lanka. It's possible for most men to lactate, the majority just lack the emotional connection with their children that would induce it.
This is so awesome! It’s more of a genetic thing as far men having the same hardware. If one man didn’t have the so called ‘hardware’ to breastfeed or even just not having nipples, it could be passed down to his children, grandchildren, ect and would cause a mutation to happen where we wouldn’t be able to feed our children naturally anymore. Obviously that would take forever but it would still have a big impact when it eventually does happen. That’s why men have nipples but are not able to use them, or just don’t in general. ?
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Renee·
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/02/15/health/transgender-woman-breast-feed.html?referer=
deleted-user·
Yass!!!?? how awesome would it be if your partner could wake up in the middle of the night to nurse the baby?!
I love this so much!
deleted-user·
I'm glad with medical breakthroughs trans women will soon be able to experience every aspect of motherhood:)
deleted-user·
I had no clue this was biologically possible. I assumed only women had milk ducts. Who knew.
deleted-user·
Very cool!!
deleted-user·
Yup. Men have all the hardware, just need the software.
deleted-user·
Actually men used to help nurse babies in some cultures and a few tribes still do it today. I started looking into it after reading an article about a man who nursed his twin daughters after his wife died in the tsunami in Sri Lanka. It's possible for most men to lactate, the majority just lack the emotional connection with their children that would induce it.
deleted-user·
This is so awesome! It’s more of a genetic thing as far men having the same hardware. If one man didn’t have the so called ‘hardware’ to breastfeed or even just not having nipples, it could be passed down to his children, grandchildren, ect and would cause a mutation to happen where we wouldn’t be able to feed our children naturally anymore. Obviously that would take forever but it would still have a big impact when it eventually does happen. That’s why men have nipples but are not able to use them, or just don’t in general. ?
I like finding weird science facts, don’t judge me ?