# Men or Women: who stinks up the bathroom more? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 22, 2016, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-or-women-who-stinks-up-the-bathroom-more/772706 "2016-11-22T00:58:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cjackson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a3d4f5/32.png) [@cjackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjackson)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-or-women-who-stinks-up-the-bathroom-more/772706/1 "2016-11-22T00:58:30Z")
In your opinion, which sex makes the bathroom smellier after a bowel movement? ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-or-women-who-stinks-up-the-bathroom-more/772706/2 "2016-11-22T01:00:09Z")
women when there on their periods… ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-or-women-who-stinks-up-the-bathroom-more/772706/3 "2016-11-22T01:12:31Z")
Whoever has the gastric bleed and is passing melanotic stool usually wins that contest. Unless someone else is passing gangrenous bowel tissue, anyway. These occur with either sex. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-or-women-who-stinks-up-the-bathroom-more/772706/4 "2016-11-22T01:34:26Z")
actually my cats can win this contest easily… ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-or-women-who-stinks-up-the-bathroom-more/772706/5 "2016-11-22T01:44:44Z")
> [@nightshadea](#): > > actually my cats can win this contest easily… The boy cats or the girl cats? ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-or-women-who-stinks-up-the-bathroom-more/772706/6 "2016-11-22T01:57:01Z")
dosent all matter on that one tho I think yellow cats stink worse than black ones ---
**Author:** ![Lowdown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Lowdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lowdown)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-or-women-who-stinks-up-the-bathroom-more/772706/7 "2016-11-22T14:01:09Z")
Oh god. Women, hands down! Well, at least the women in _my_ life. Maybe I’m just lucky. ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-or-women-who-stinks-up-the-bathroom-more/772706/8 "2016-11-22T15:17:07Z")
I made a comment to the cleaning lady in our office building once about a mess in the men’s room and she said, “the men’s room is never a walk in the park, but it ain’t nothing compared to what those bitches do in the women’s room!” ---
**Author:** ![Plumpudding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Plumpudding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plumpudding)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-or-women-who-stinks-up-the-bathroom-more/772706/9 "2016-11-22T16:25:04Z")
In my experience, as a former toilet cleaner: Women, hands down. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-or-women-who-stinks-up-the-bathroom-more/772706/10 "2016-11-22T16:45:01Z")
By process of elimination (Ha!) it has to be men. Women do not poop, fart or sweat. Ever. They do, however, pee a lot to make up for it. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-or-women-who-stinks-up-the-bathroom-more/772706/11 "2016-11-22T16:59:06Z")
Women, because of all the perfume they’ll use to cover it up. Men don’t care as much to bother covering it up. Let the next guy deal with it.