# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-think-pregnant-women-are-gross/494978/41 "2009-05-01T20:11:49Z")
I don’t think they’re gross but I don’t see the “glow” aspect at all (beyond the thrill of it if it was my child she was carrying). Every pregnant woman I’ve ever met was knee deep in physical agony of one sort or another and it showed on their faces. To me, a pregnant woman always looks like she just came off a 12 hour shift dealing with crabby customers. ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-think-pregnant-women-are-gross/494978/42 "2009-05-01T20:12:13Z")
> [@Jettboy](#): > > I didn’t touch my wife sexually at all during her pregnancy. Boy, did you ever miss a golden opportunity there. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-think-pregnant-women-are-gross/494978/43 "2009-05-01T20:31:26Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > 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. Oh, hell yes. Nothing like someone groping themselves while having a conversation with you. I’m sure it’s basically an unconscious thing but I find it repellent. ---
**Author:** ![runcible\_spoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc29f/32.png) [@runcible\_spoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/runcible_spoon)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-think-pregnant-women-are-gross/494978/44 "2009-05-01T22:07:16Z")
I generally find that parasites don’t exactly enhance one’s attractiveness. ---
**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-think-pregnant-women-are-gross/494978/45 "2009-05-01T22:26:05Z")
For me, pregnancy does not affect a woman’s hotness in the general sense. I mean, she may not look especially good in thigh-fitting clothes and everything, but if she was hot/good-looking before, she’ll be so after. My wife … I couldn 't keep my hands (et al.) off her in her three pregnancies. We had to be more creative, though ---
**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, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-think-pregnant-women-are-gross/494978/46 "2009-05-01T22:34:52Z")
> [@runcible\_spoon](#): > > I generally find that parasites don’t exactly enhance one’s attractiveness. I find the idea that an unborn child is a parasite to be simply odious. The fact that it’s espoused by the fictional asshole Gregory House does not add to its appeal. ---
**Author:** ![anu-la1979](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/47e85d/32.png) [@anu-la1979](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anu-la1979)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-think-pregnant-women-are-gross/494978/47 "2009-05-01T23:32:46Z")
No I don’t find pregnant women gross. However, I like children, I want to have a child (provided I get married)…but I find pregnancy really really disgusting and gross and freaky and I am not at all excited about ever experiencing it. If I could move from point A to C without having to go through B, I would do it in a heartbeat. ---
**Author:** ![Elret](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Elret](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elret)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2009, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-think-pregnant-women-are-gross/494978/48 "2009-05-02T00:27:55Z")
Aw, man! I so should not have read this thread. I’m 7 months pregnant right now and have been feeling kind of sexy lately, with my new big boobs and shiny hair and nice smooth skin. Now I am more just noticing my fat ankles and feet. Oh, well. I’m still loving the boobs. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2009, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-think-pregnant-women-are-gross/494978/49 "2009-05-02T02:15:43Z")
> [@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. I get that, but I bet you don’t think it’s too cool either when women who aren’t pregnant, just fat, wear similar belly-exposing outfits, right? Neither thing is particular pleasant to look at, but photographers delight in taking photos[sup]_[/sup] of pregnant women’s bare bellies for some reason. Hmm. [sup]_[/sup] If I reproduce I’ll be skipping that photography session. ---
**Author:** ![supergoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@supergoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supergoose)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2009, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-think-pregnant-women-are-gross/494978/50 "2009-05-02T05:04:00Z")
> [@anu-la1979](#): > > However, I like children, I want to have a child (provided I get married)…but I find pregnancy really really disgusting and gross and freaky and I am not at all excited about ever experiencing it. If I could move from point A to C without having to go through B, I would do it in a heartbeat. I think they call that “adoption.” As for pregnancy, I feel the opposite. I’d love to be pregnant, but baring a personal medical breakthrough (chronic disease of unknown and therefore potentially genetic origin), adoption it is. I’ve never noticed pregnant women being especially sexy or unsexy, though, or glowy, for that matter. (I know, I’m female, but I’m also bisexual.) And **Jettboy** , I’m sorry that was your experience when your wife was pregnant, but for your sake, for hers. It would make me feel awful for my significant other to find me that unappealing. ---
**Author:** ![runcible\_spoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc29f/32.png) [@runcible\_spoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/runcible_spoon)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2009, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-think-pregnant-women-are-gross/494978/51 "2009-05-02T05:12:36Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > I find the idea that an unborn child is a parasite to be simply odious. The fact that it’s espoused by the fictional asshole Gregory House does not add to its appeal. Actually, I consider anyone who isn’t toilet trained to be a parasite, born or not. ---
**Author:** ![Jettboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85e7bf/32.png) [@Jettboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jettboy)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2009, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-think-pregnant-women-are-gross/494978/52 "2009-05-02T12:03:01Z")
> [@supergoose](#): > > And **Jettboy** , I’m sorry that was your experience when your wife was pregnant, but for your sake, for hers. It would make me feel awful for my significant other to find me that unappealing. Nahhh, she understood that it was about the baby hanging out there in God’s waiting room, not about her personally. Yes, I know there was no _actual_ danger of the baby being skewered by my love lance, but the thought still gave me the willies. My wife was very understanding. ---
**Author:** ![Capcha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Capcha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capcha)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2009, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-think-pregnant-women-are-gross/494978/53 "2009-05-02T15:01:45Z")
> [@Fish](#): > > 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. Female here, don’t like children. Ditto, **Fish** ---
**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 2, 2009, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-think-pregnant-women-are-gross/494978/54 "2009-05-02T15:41:40Z")
> [@runcible\_spoon](#): > > Actually, I consider anyone who isn’t toilet trained to be a parasite, born or not. Seriously? I could Pit you, I suppose, but I’d rather feel sorry for you. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2009, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-think-pregnant-women-are-gross/494978/55 "2009-05-02T15:47:37Z")
At a conference last week, I saw the oddest-looking pregnant woman. Thin as hell, but looking like she was a month overdue with a basketball hidden under her belly. Usually pregnant women puff up a bit all over, but not her. As for me, nothing close to “ick” or “gross”, but I wouldn’t get intimate with them. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2009, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-think-pregnant-women-are-gross/494978/56 "2009-05-02T15:48:06Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > Seriously? > > I could Pit you, I suppose, but I’d rather feel sorry for you. Don’t bother; there’s a 30+ page monster thread currently running that is just full of people espousing this particular brand of crazy. Topic: I think pregnant women usually look cute. Not particularly sexy or unsexy, just cute. Female, 3 kids of my own. ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2009, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-think-pregnant-women-are-gross/494978/57 "2009-05-02T15:49:55Z")
I find pregnant women attractive if they are already attractive, just more so. But there is something about an attractive women (or even only marginally good looking) who is about 4-5 months along… clearly pregnant, with the distinctive curve of belly, but not overly large yet… oh man. SO HOT. I’ll be in muh bunk. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2009, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-think-pregnant-women-are-gross/494978/58 "2009-05-02T15:57:56Z")
I’m a majorly heterosexual female, and I do think that the women I find repulsive when pregnant are the same ones I find repulsive when not pregnant: that chick I crossed on the street today, whose push-up was so pushy her tits were above her armpits? I would find her gross at any stage of (non)pregnancy! those with the front of the jeans’ waist below the poking-under-the-T-shirt belly… the ones that look “like a toothpick with an olive” at nine months are women that I find way too skinny when not pregnant etc. ---
**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 2, 2009, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-think-pregnant-women-are-gross/494978/59 "2009-05-02T16:12:13Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > Don’t bother; there’s a 30+ page monster thread currently running that is just full of people espousing this particular brand of crazy. I know. That’s half the reason I didn’t bother. Apropos of nothing, **MsWhatsit** , we got not one but two new cats yesterday. I bet you can guess their names very quickly. ---
**Author:** ![runcible\_spoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc29f/32.png) [@runcible\_spoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/runcible_spoon)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2009, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-think-pregnant-women-are-gross/494978/60 "2009-05-02T18:14:11Z")
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