# Men who think pregnant women are gross **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 1, 2009, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-think-pregnant-women-are-gross/494978 "2009-05-01T15:41:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-think-pregnant-women-are-gross/494978/21 "2009-05-01T16:49:33Z")
> [@Cat\_Fight](#): > > If you think your member is getting anywhere near that thing… I think you’re wanted in the **IQ Size/Penis Size** post. You know there is more than one say to approach coitus than the missionary position, right? ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-think-pregnant-women-are-gross/494978/22 "2009-05-01T16:52:31Z")
Last time i went to a strip club at least a third of the girls there were severely pregnant, that was actually really gross. Apart from that one specific instance i can’t imagine why anyone would feel that way. ---
**Author:** ![EmAnJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d2c977/32.png) [@EmAnJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmAnJ)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-think-pregnant-women-are-gross/494978/23 "2009-05-01T17:01:32Z")
Girl here, desperately wanting to get pregnant and trying, and I love looking at pregnant bellies. I love the 5/6 month belly, when it’s obvious but not popped right out. I love seeing those artistic shots of very pregnant bellies. I love the glow of happieness some women get. I think it’s awesome when I see a very pregnant woman waddling across the road or doing the stairs to try and induce labour. It’s all just an amazing process. The SO and I have a very close friend who thinks they’re gross and ‘fat’. The SO, I think, is apprciative of the pregnant body and will be just as in awe of what’s happening to me as I will be. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-think-pregnant-women-are-gross/494978/24 "2009-05-01T17:04:15Z")
> [@I\_Am\_The\_Lorax](#): > > However, a sack o’ taters woman with a butterface is going to look that much worse. I thought “butterface” meant she has a hot body but-her-face is unattractive. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-think-pregnant-women-are-gross/494978/25 "2009-05-01T17:19:40Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > I thought “butterface” meant she has a hot body but-her-face is unattractive. It does. Comes from the phrase “nice body… but her face”. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-think-pregnant-women-are-gross/494978/26 "2009-05-01T17:20:18Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > Last time i went to a strip club at least a third of the girls there were severely pregnant, that was actually really gross. Apart from that one specific instance i can’t imagine why anyone would feel that way. Like I said I don’t find pregnancy unattractive but that is just wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-think-pregnant-women-are-gross/494978/27 "2009-05-01T17:22:40Z")
I’m sure a big part of it has to be whether you want babies or not…I do NOT and am appalled by the very idea of turning up pregnant tomorrow. But I hate the moms that run around with the short shirts, with their big old bellies hanging out to here. It’s like…that’s really not appropriate when your belly was flat, except on the beach or whatever, but you think it’s OK because suddenly you have an outie? Eew. ---
**Author:** ![badbadrubberpiggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@badbadrubberpiggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badbadrubberpiggy)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-think-pregnant-women-are-gross/494978/28 "2009-05-01T17:37:03Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > I’m sure a big part of it has to be whether you want babies or not…I do NOT and am appalled by the very idea of turning up pregnant tomorrow. > > But I hate the moms that run around with the short shirts, with their big old bellies hanging out to here. It’s like…that’s really not appropriate when your belly was flat, except on the beach or whatever, but you think it’s OK because suddenly you have an outie? Eew. Heh. These are people who would dress that way regardless of what their belly looked like, I think. I think most pregnant women look beautiful, myself, but yeah, the belly buttons squick me out a little. Probably because it looks uncomfortable to have. ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-think-pregnant-women-are-gross/494978/29 "2009-05-01T17:41:19Z")
> [@SiXSwordS](#): > > All other factors being equal, I find pregnant women very attractive. Sexy even. Yes. Double-yes. Not quite a fetish but I find an attractive pregnant women very, very sexy. And if she’s wearing glasses…whoa boy. ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-think-pregnant-women-are-gross/494978/30 "2009-05-01T17:42:33Z")
Thankfully, my husband thinks pregnant women are super-hot. I’ve had two kids, and it was all I could do to keep his hands off of me both times. For him, it doesn’t make a homely woman magically attractive, but a hot woman who’s pregnant is like turning his dial up to 11. When Christina Aguilera did her nude pregnant photo shoot for Marie Claire, it was as good as porn for him. ---
**Author:** ![akira5822](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@akira5822](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/akira5822)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-think-pregnant-women-are-gross/494978/31 "2009-05-01T17:47:01Z")
> [@Ol\_Gaffer](#): > > Yes. Double-yes. Not quite a fetish but I find an attractive pregnant women very, very sexy. And if she’s wearing glasses…whoa boy. Second this ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-think-pregnant-women-are-gross/494978/32 "2009-05-01T17:53:31Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > I’m sure a big part of it has to be whether you want babies or not…I do NOT and am appalled by the very idea of turning up pregnant tomorrow. Perhaps, but it doesn’t bother me, I don’t want kids, and I would be even more appalled if I were to turn up pregnant tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-think-pregnant-women-are-gross/494978/33 "2009-05-01T17:56:07Z")
> [@Avarie537](#): > > Thankfully, my husband thinks pregnant women are super-hot. I’ve had two kids, and it was all I could do to keep his hands off of me both times. For him, it doesn’t make a homely woman magically attractive, but a hot woman who’s pregnant is like turning his dial up to 11. When Christina Aguilera did her nude pregnant photo shoot for Marie Claire, it was as good as porn for him. That wasn’t porn? 😕 Christina Aguilera is worth looking at all the time, but when she was pregnant she was simply a goddess. Contrariwise, Demi Moore, to whom I generally think “meh,” became quite pretty when pregnant. ---
**Author:** ![Jettboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85e7bf/32.png) [@Jettboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jettboy)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-think-pregnant-women-are-gross/494978/34 "2009-05-01T18:00:15Z")
> [@Jennyrosity](#): > > Really? Wow. I think pregnant women look beautiful. Beautiful, yes. Sexy, no. I think the sunset on Key West is beautiful, too, but that doesn’t mean I want to have carnal knowlege of it. ---
**Author:** ![badbadrubberpiggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@badbadrubberpiggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badbadrubberpiggy)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-think-pregnant-women-are-gross/494978/35 "2009-05-01T18:17:52Z")
One thing I read recently about pregnancy is that the swelling & weight gain makes any visible wrinkles less visible, and plumps up your face, basically like getting saline injections to hide fine lines. Hence the “looking radiant”. ---
**Author:** ![shiftless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@shiftless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shiftless)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-think-pregnant-women-are-gross/494978/36 "2009-05-01T18:24:38Z")
Women become hotter when they are pregnant. More than once I have noticed a woman that I thought I knew was suddenly much better looking, only to find out later that she was was pregnant. Nine months pregnant - maybe too much of a good thing but not “gross”. ---
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-think-pregnant-women-are-gross/494978/37 "2009-05-01T18:30:40Z")
I don’t think it makes women look any less attractive than they naturally are. However, it does make me more acutely aware how fragile and vulnerable they are, and it makes me feel protective of them. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-think-pregnant-women-are-gross/494978/38 "2009-05-01T18:36:07Z")
It really depends. Some women get far more beautiful, some get far less, and most are on the spectrum in between. I saw some pictures of my GF when she was pregnant and she was quite the hottie. One woman I knew many years ago got beautifuller the pregnanter she got. But I know one young lady at work who went from quite the hottie to quite the nottie. Her skin broke out, she gained a lot of weight, her hair lost its luster… And even post partum, she hasn’t gotten her looks back. I hope she does some, day, because she has real potential. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-think-pregnant-women-are-gross/494978/39 "2009-05-01T18:47:05Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > Perhaps, but it doesn’t bother me, I don’t want kids, and I would be even more appalled if I were to turn up pregnant tomorrow. 😃 No, not all of it, but I’m sure it’s a contributing factor. If I wanted kids and didn’t have that additional feeling, I might feel less knee-jerky. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-think-pregnant-women-are-gross/494978/40 "2009-05-01T19:58:02Z")
I find pregnant women mildly unattractive (the “bun-in-the-oven” ickiness is mostly counterbalanced by the “ooh! titties!” effect), but I find pregnant women who can’t stop feeling up their bellies absolutely nauseating. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-think-pregnant-women-are-gross/494978.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-think-pregnant-women-are-gross/494978.md?page=3)