8 Weird Body Parts And Their Surprising Purposes

Surprise! Everybody starts off as a woman in the womb. For 60 days, all embryos follow the same genetic activity, until testosterone changes the course of action for those with a Y chromosome. Men’s nipples are the remaining, non-functional product of those first two months. Not everyone’s a fan: In a recent Huffington Post Japan poll of 750 adult women, over 84 percent thought it was unacceptable for men’s nipples to show under shirts. This attitude may explain the country’s booming trade for “shields” that disguise the genetic leftovers.