# Men's nipples

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mens-nipples/5375>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 13, 1999, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mens-nipples/5375 "1999-12-13T10:31:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Kilgore\_Trout\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6de8d8/32.png) [@Kilgore\_Trout\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilgore_Trout_1)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 1999, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mens-nipples/5375/21 "1999-12-15T04:41:00Z")

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you have nipples because you are essentially a female for the first 6 weeks\*\* of wombin’ it.

it isn’t until that other Y chromosome kicks in that you switch over to the male route.

\*\*might not be accurate length, don’t pick it apart.

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_what is essential is invisible to the eye -the fox_

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**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 1999, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mens-nipples/5375/22 "1999-12-16T01:23:00Z")

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Meeee! Meeee! My nipples are erogenous. If he keeps at it for too long, though, they start to hurt the same way as if I’m tickled for too long. My roommate/ex-boyfriend/current fuck has excellent nipples which react impressively to everything up to being bitten hard. However, once I went overboard and he lost sensation in his right nipple for several days. That freaked me out.

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**Author:** ![The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f8ce5/32.png) [@The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Peyote_Coyote)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 1999, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mens-nipples/5375/23 "1999-12-16T01:56:00Z")

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Put me down for erogenous, too.  
BTW, LadyLust, please let me know if you break up with your boyfriend.

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The Coyote gnaws …  
but he does not swallow.

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**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 1999, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mens-nipples/5375/24 "1999-12-16T20:11:00Z")

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I **HATE** having my nipples touched! Of course this just makes my wife want to touch them more. She says she wants them for herself. Mine are of the smaller variety, while her’s are a tad bigger… the ariola, that is.

As to their real purpose… I can’t remember if it was Saturday Night Live, or Fridays where they pondered this question. They determined that they belong to the phone company. One call waiting, the other, call forwarding.

Enright3

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**Author:** ![Mr.Bob\_Dobalina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/59ef9b/32.png) [@Mr.Bob\_Dobalina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Bob_Dobalina)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 1999, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mens-nipples/5375/25 "1999-12-16T20:47:00Z")

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I have three - all sensitive. (Ok, so one’s a nubbin ™, but it _is_ sensitive.)

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**Mr. Dobalina. Mr. _Bob_ Dobalina.**  
_“Never mind the furthermore, the plea is self defense.”_

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