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ROMAN LAFONT, Joaquín. Induced male lactation. Rev Cubana Pediatr [online]. 2015, vol.87, n.4, pp. 487-498. ISSN 1561-3119.

For the creation of the world that the UN-approved Millennium Statement envisages, it is essential to achieve the gender equality. It is a growing concern today that many women, who are the primary caregivers of children, stop partially or completely breastfeeding their children. In the embryonic stage, the development of the structures making up the mammary tissue is the same for males and females. Men's teats, which are equivalent to women's breasts, were considered for a very long time a mystery since they do not seem to perform any function and represent a problem for the theory of evolution. However, there have been reports from different parts of the world about lactation induced by men when the baby sucks on their teats in a frequent and prolonged way. If this happens in men whose mammary glands are underdeveloped, how is it possible that women who are better fit for this purpose cease to breastfeed the child? Looking for an answer to the question Can man lactate too?, data search was made online through Infomed and Internet as well as visits were paid to specialized libraries and to “Calixto Garcia” hospital in the Cuban capital. The result was surprising since even in Cuba, there was a man in Camaguey province who managed to lactate his daughter for 22 months.

Palavras-chave : male lactation; paternal lactation; responsible fatherhood; breastfeeding; newborn.

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