# Adams Apple

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adams-apple/33161>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 14, 2000, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adams-apple/33161 "2000-09-14T08:17:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![homage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@homage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/homage)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adams-apple/33161/1 "2000-09-14T08:17:57Z")

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hi all

Time for my stupid question.

I was just wondering why men have Adams Apples and women don’t.  
Hope someone can help

Cheers

Homage

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**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adams-apple/33161/2 "2000-09-14T11:49:35Z")

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Think this shoulda been in GQ?

I don’t know the answer, but you may find it in this book.  
Why Eve Doesn’t Have an Adam’s Apple: A Dictionary of Sex Differences  
by Carol Ann Rinzler

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**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adams-apple/33161/3 "2000-09-14T12:45:13Z")

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women do have them, they are just not that pronounced. at least I’ve seen people who SAY they are women have them, I didn’t go checking! 😉

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**Author:** ![Gaudere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@Gaudere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaudere)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adams-apple/33161/4 "2000-09-14T14:37:02Z")

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[Moderator Hat ON]

Moving this to the General Questions forum.

[Moderator Hat OFF]

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**Author:** ![aschrott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/aca169/32.png) [@aschrott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aschrott)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adams-apple/33161/5 "2000-09-14T17:17:34Z")

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Edward is right–they do have them.

The Adam’s Apple is the tip of the Thyroid cartilage, which is one of the anatomical elements of the larynx.

The vocal anatomy is identical for men and women, except that men’s larynxes tend to be considerably larger and the individual parts more pronounced; so, women do have Adam’s Apples, but they usually aren’t noticable.

A lot of men don’t have noticable Adam’s Apples either. It all depends on the individual’s anatomy, body fat, etc.