They're better designed for it.

Boy, am I going to catch heat for this.

An author mentioned this in a discussion/debate on C-SPAN about a year ago. Of course, he was treated with a degree of disgust usually reserved for beheading videos.

Well, actually, the only heat I'm going to throw at you is that the article didn't mention anything about women being better equipped with "anti-disgust" mechanisms than men. It mentioned that women somehow have less disgust for the smell of their own offspring's feces.

So, the conclusion should not be "women should change diapers because they're better designed for it", it should be "better change your baby's diapers before you leave him/her with a sitter."

Yes, I know you were trying to be humourous, but since there's nothing in the article about males, it's a specious conclusion, at best.

I've always suspected this...I have a decent number of younger siblings, and my mom never seemed as disgusted at changing one of their diapers as most people I know. Then again, my mom is pretty weird...

As a man with five children, I'll say this...the babies in question that created the samples for sniffing...breastfed or not? Breastfed babies DO NOT stink as babies bottle fed. Breastfed babies have a much less musky odor to their output and it doesn't approach disgusting at all.

Breastfeeding is the BEST THING FOR YOUR KIDDOS

And it pays off in the payload.

Mac

I'll second Mac on the breastfed baby poop not stinking as much.

I would add though that I don't understand why many men have such a strong aversion to changing diapers. What's the big deal? It's pee and poop, clean the kid and put a new diaper on them, and shut up about it.

Well put Astrosmith, or if you want more fun..hehehe clean the kid and let them run naked. That's a sure fire way to cure a rash, fresh air...

Mac

OK let's review, as a father of two and grandfather of 4, some breast fed some not, the operative words here are...NOT AS MUCH.

Breast fed babies still don't make piles of poo smelling like strawberry ice cream!

Experience tells me, that requires graduation from one of our National Military Academies, at least from Annapolis anyway! That's, at least, what they taught us in boot camp in Orlando.

Breast fed babies still don't make piles of poo smelling like strawberry ice cream!

I blame Halliburton.

Now wait McGhee,
I've worked around Haliburton, they don't drill for oil or create poo on their own. They will however, sell you equipment and services to get the oil or dispose of the poo.

Ah, but where do you dispose of the toxic biowaste using Halliburton's equipment and services? To what extent does Halliburton's equipment and services make it easier to dispose of poo in a wider variety of environmentally sensitive locations? Huh? Huh? Answer me that if you can.

But this,

they don't ... create poo on their own.

...is freakin' hysterical. I tip my hat.

McGhee,
first let me say if you got that, you're sharper than most.

Second, they'll process it until it's no longer toxic and spread it on the flowers at the DNC. Although that's not an environmentally sensitive area, it seems somehow, appropriate.

McGehee,
I just realized that not once but twice I misspelled your name. Sorry!

Steve says: Breast fed babies still don't make piles of poo smelling like strawberry ice cream!

Oh so true...yet,a slighty musky odor versus the broccoli remains...Mama milk rocks!

Unfortunately, my youngest is no longer solely breastfed. He's two and a true carnivore...pushes aside veggies to get to the meat. Frightening to watch. ;P