# Why do nipples stick out when its cold?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-nipples-stick-out-when-its-cold/132354>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 15, 2002, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-nipples-stick-out-when-its-cold/132354 "2002-10-15T17:01:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2002, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-nipples-stick-out-when-its-cold/132354/21 "2002-10-16T07:14:28Z")

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> \*Originally posted by gingersnap \*  
> \*\*So why do nipples harden and protrude when it’s cold out? \*\*

You know this is coming…  
Wait for it…

Ok. now.

**Cite please**

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**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2002, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-nipples-stick-out-when-its-cold/132354/22 "2002-10-16T15:58:21Z")

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Hey, I’m just saying, I can’t think of a single time my nipples have been visibly erect in public because of something sexual. Unless I’m attracted to cold breezes and stimulation (unintended, people. with foreign objects. oh christ. you know what I mean, like with a door or something). I hope no boys have actually thought my “party hats” (by the by, I’m 12 yrs old) were for them.  
I guess this can be chalked up to another difference between the sexes- I can’t picture women nodding, grinning and staring at a man who standing by the window with an erection noticeable to everyone but him.

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