# Men who think pregnant women are gross

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-think-pregnant-women-are-gross/494978>\
**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:** 5\
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**Author:** ![half-elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@half-elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/half-elf)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2013, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-think-pregnant-women-are-gross/494978/101 "2013-06-01T06:56:23Z")

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Zombie or no…

I don’t find pregnant women disgusting, but I just can’t wrap my head around the fact that _there is a human growing in there!_

It’s inconceivable to me (hehe pun not intended originally!!)

I can’t bring myself to do the pat-the-belly thing… _there is a human under that taut skin!_

I think really really weird would be a better way of putting it, for me.

(BTW, I’m female, straight).

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**Author:** ![thicksantorum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@thicksantorum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thicksantorum)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2013, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-think-pregnant-women-are-gross/494978/102 "2013-06-01T08:35:46Z")

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I wouldn’t go as far as “gross”, but I don’t find pregnant women appealing. Not a fan of babies, either. I’m pretty sure that would change if it was my kid, though. Kinda like how your own farts don’t smell as bad as other peoples’.

Pregnant women sort of make me nervous… like I have a constant irrational fear of them going into labor, or falling, or some other emergency.

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2013, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-think-pregnant-women-are-gross/494978/103 "2013-06-01T17:56:48Z")

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I find it can help fill out those women who are otherwise too skinny or don’t have enough curves. I don’t understand why thinking about a baby inside even happens. Attractiveness, in this sense, is completely visual, no other thoughts required.

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**Author:** ![rhubarbarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rhubarbarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhubarbarin)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2013, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-think-pregnant-women-are-gross/494978/104 "2013-06-02T15:52:59Z")

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From what I’ve heard, few feel neutral. It’s either a turn off or a turn on. My ex thought it was creepy and gross. My boyfriend finds an otherwise attractive woman, who happens to be noticeably pregnant, extra-hot. My pregnant friends (who are mostly young, fit, attractive women) get hit on all the time, the more pregnant they are the worse it is.

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**Author:** ![panaccione](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/94ad74/32.png) [@panaccione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panaccione)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2013, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-think-pregnant-women-are-gross/494978/105 "2013-06-02T15:56:23Z")

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I don’t find it to be repulsive at all. Most of a persons beauty is in their character and smile anyways, not their body.

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