[lbo-talk] Men's Nipples Redux, and Pygmy Fathers

Grace Loehr divinegracie at earthlink.net
Sat Jun 18 11:32:45 PDT 2005


"Worldwide study heralds global increase in father involvement and reveals why men have nipples"

http://www.fathersdirect.com/index.php?id=14&cID=256

"A father’s nipple is perfectly suited to soothing a crying baby until it can be fed, according to a major report published for Fathers’ Day (June 19) on fatherhood across five continents, which identifies the world’s best dads.

"FatherWorld, published by Fathers Direct, the UK national information centre on fatherhood, details a worldwide increase in active fathering. It names as “Best Dads in the World” the Aka Pygmies, a hunter-gatherer tribe from northern Congo, in central Africa. When the mother is not available, the father calms his baby by giving him a nipple to suck. .... <snipped>

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