I can't speak for others in this discussion, but I was talking about actually nursing (feeding) a child. I've no doubt that men can lactate, but I don't know that they can generate enough to nourish a child.
I thought that's what the discussion was about. If not, apologies. m ------ "There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about." -- Margaret Wheatley -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 1:45 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE: [SPAM] - Re: [tips] Spontaneous lactation - Bayesian Filter detected spam I have been a bit surprised as this discussion, because I have always taught that a side effect of hormone therapy that has been found to occur in SOME male to female transsexuals is leaking of breast milk. After all men do have milk ducts and they do have prolactin. I have had transsexuals come to my class as guest speakers and they have supported this which have supported this phenomenon, but they state that it happens as a result of improper hormonal doses. Additionally, I believe I have read it in the book the Alchemy of Love and Lust by Theresa Crenshaw. Is the debate about whether the breast milk can nourish the baby or if it is actually possible? Amy Sweetman Los Angeles City College [EMAIL PROTECTED] 323-953-4000 ext.2931 -----Original Message----- >From: Marc Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Sep 17, 2007 5:39 AM >To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" ><[email protected]> >Subject: RE: [SPAM] - Re: [tips] Spontaneous lactation - Bayesian >Filter detected spam > > >It seems to me that if the "hard to differentiate" hypothesis were >true, we'd see it in other species. Many other species are a lot less >sexually dimorphic than humans, and I'm not aware of any species in >which it is even rare, much less common, that males nurse the young. > >The reason men have breasts is that we all start out with the same >bodies; androgens masculinize the fetus. (Cases of androgen >insensitivity syndrome show what happens when you don't get androgens >or you do not respond to them. ><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Androgen_insensitivity_syndrome>) > >I suspect that the root of breast cancer in males (which is more common >than we'd think) lies in the fact that males have breast tissue, too. > Amy Sweetman Professor of Psychology Los Angeles City College --- ---
