[Dwanny]

Women do too pass gas (and loudly). We’d be in a lot of pain if we didn’t. I don’t know how this one got started, but we do! Maybe it’s from the days when we were expected to act like ‘ladies’ and deny our bodies, so we were taught to pass gas quietly. Being a nurse, I’ve heard a lot of women pass gas, and also have had it released in my face when I’m cleaning up a bowel movement.

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Name : Dwanny, Gender : F, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Pagan, Age : 53, City : Springtown, State : TX, Country : United States, 

[S.F.]

I’m a woman, and I certainly fart. Plenty. I’m farting right now, in fact. My mom and aunt fart. My girlfriends fart. My suspicion is that women fart at least as much as men, but you don’t see (er, hear? smell?) it as often because women are more embarrassed about farting when other people are around, so they might just try to hold it in, or go to the bathroom to fart or something. They may be embarrassed because of social expectations: women are seen as more…civilized. I actually fart in front of people a lot because I just physically can’t hold it in, try as I might. How do people hold it in? That’s what I’d like to know. But I’ve noticed that even though I fart a lot in the car, my boyfriend never noticed–he was surprised when I told him I often fart in the car. Maybe women’s farts don’t smell as bad or aren’t as loud?

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Name : S.F., Gender : F, Race : Asian, Age : 22, City : Seattle, State : WA, Country : United States, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, 

[Mara]

I can’t answer why men pass gas, but I can answer for myself as a woman. Flatulence is a natural by-product of digestion. Women do in fact pass gas, but politeness dictates that one doesn’t do so in company. For my part, if I feel like I need to do so, I try to excuse myself and go to the bathroom. That way, I don’t subject my companions (or innocent bystanders) to the odor. It’s simply a matter of good manners, in my opinion.

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Name : Mara, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Agnostic, Age : 40, City : Atlanta, State : GA, Country : United States, Occupation : data entry, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Middle class, 

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