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The male body is capable of some truly remarkable (and sometimes shocking) things.
Men also share some shocking similarities with women that most people probably have no idea about.
Keep reading to learn things about the male body that were probablynotcovered in your high school anatomy class.
Don’t be nervous, though there won’t be a test.
After all,breastfeedingis most commonly associated with pregnancy and motherhood.
It turns out, though, that men can also lactate although it is far from a common occurrence.
Such conditions can increase the production of prolactin, the hormone that is needed to produce milk.
It’s not just human males who can lactate, either.
Using antibiotics for a prolonged period can also increase the chances of developing balanitis.
One in seven mothers experiencepostpartum depression, but men can suffer from it too.
While their symptoms can be the same as women, in men the condition is calledpaternal postpartum depression.
The depression may even continue for six months after the birth.
Men and women actually see colors differently.
Grass also appears greener to women, while men see a bit more of a yellow tinge.
It’s not all bad news for men, though.
They also have more collagen density, along with skin that is more moist because they sweat more.
This means that male skin doesn’t show signs of aging as much as female skin does.
This doesn’t mean that they can get away with not caring for their skin, though.
Many women are self-conscious about those deposits of fat, even though celluliteis totally normal.
There are a couple reasons for this.
Whileeven slim people can get cellulite, it is more likely to develop in people with more body fat.
Since women tend to have more body fat than men, their chances of developing cellulite are greater.
Men also have thicker bands connecting their skin and muscle, and it’s arranged in a crisscross pattern.
This holds fat in place better than the thinner, vertical bands that women have.
When boys' voices deepen during puberty, it’s because they aredeveloping a larger larynx.
The larynx pushes against the throat as it grows, creating the bump we call the Adam’s apple.
Their larynges usually don’t grow large enough for an Adam’s apple to form.
Thehuman brainis a mysterious thing.
For centuries, it was assumed that men were the superior sex and weremore intelligent than their female counterparts.
Modern science debunks this theory, however.
Still, there somemajor differences between the male and female brain.
For starters, men tend to have a higher total brain volume than women.
This, however,doesn’tmean that they are the more intelligent sex.
Women usually have thicker cortices, which are linked to higher scores on intelligence tests.
Some of them experience Irritable Male Syndrome
Menstruation has historically been viewed asa female-only curse.
While men don’t menstruate, many of them have an unpleasant “time of month” as well.
