Britain Unzipped. As women are we suppossed to hold it in?!!!

[carernotasaint]

Has anyone seen the ad for this "programme" on bbc 3 or rather the trailer.
As part of the trailer Russell Kane and chum mentioned that (i think it was 53%) of women are happy to let rip (fart) in front of their boyfriends. WTF.
Do we have different digestive systems fron men or something? Or are we supposed to hold it in and get stomachache just cos we have breasts instead of a penis? Because BBC3 i would love to know.

I have a friend who goes to the toilet just to fart. As for me, I'm one of the 53%.

Isn't he a comedian? Maybe it's a joke? And my wife is one of the 53.

Have you see the show? I watched the first one last week, it's just a bit of harmless fun.

It's a light entertainment show, based on a survey carried out on behalf of BBC3, which is a channel aged at youth. Therefore the questions on the survey were a bit 'cheeky' in nature.

Nothing is meant by it, no-one is saying women should hold it in, they're just stating the result of the survey.

Some women don't like to fart in front of their partners, I have a friend who won't.

This is making something out of nothing, to be quite frank.

Can't wait for tonight's episode!

So who are these wonder women who can always hold it in? That's fine if you can - it's the ones that get away that are the problem

Since it's impossible to always hold it in, I presume the other 47% fart in front of their boyfriends but just aren't happy about it ...

I don't like people farting around me, and would extend the same courtesy.

Nothing to do with gender, just manners!

With all the sh*t aimed at women in the press, this is really small potatoes and nothing to get all inflamed about.

Oh i realise its just a comedy but my friend who was pregnant at the time was suffering from a lot of wind and couldnt help releasing it. But her boyfriend was so disgusted with her he threatened to go and stay in a hotel.
The trailer for this prog just reminded me of his attitude and it is the attitude of a lot of men. Incidentally he was "allowed" to trump whenever he liked.

I don't fart in front of anyone. It's not a gender thing.

What Catgirl said. And my OH doesn't do it in my presence, either.

'The trailer for this prog just reminded me of his attitude and it is the attitude of a lot of men. Incidentally he was "allowed" to trump whenever he liked.'

Sounds like a problem for this couple, rather than society as a (w)hole . I'd love to see your research though. Seems all my friends' other halves do it quite freely....

I make up 2% all on my own I think. Even the queen farts.

I try and out trump dh

I think that lots of women do hold it in don't they?

Judging by the threads on here where people won't poo anywhere except their own loo, I would imagine there are a lot of holder-inners out there.

I also agree with OP that the survey implies that there is some kind of issue with women farting (what it might be I don't know) which is a bit odd.

I saw the BBC 3 ad and thought it was sexist. Also dint we all produce 4 pints of wind per day... Or something like that? Anyway loads is normal.... O just think stinking is not quite right.

Plus we all fart in our sleep... Actually dp produces his own 'dawn chorus'....

There was a thread not so long ago where someone here wouldn't poo if her partner was in the house. She actually waited until he went out or sent him on spurious errands so she could shit.

The worst bit was she didn't find this remotely unhealthy, physically or otherwise

Given that 99% of men seem comfortable farting in front of their partners I'm sure the programme is merely pointing out the discrepancy between men and women in this respect.

I can fart in front of DH but I have to do it very slowly and with total concentration so that I don't make any noise I certainly couldn't do that man thing of throwing myself into the armchair whilst trumpeting loudly and fruitily from my nether regions

A crap member of the poo sisterhood?

Is that some kind of rank

at 'holder inner'

I'm definitely a 'letter outer'

It's a reference to a thread from a couple of weeks ago SardineQueen - those of us whose partners spend far too long on the bog refer to ourselves as the crap widows ....

Oh I am a crap widow then!

but actually if I'm honest...

I'm a feminist and I won't do that in front of others and expect the same courtesy. It's sht particles..tiny poo specks which are released within the fart....that's what makes the smell and I do NOT want to inhale someone elses shit thank you.

But I am still a feminist.

Fart is NOT a feminist issue.

It is if women are expected NOT to fart but it's OK for men to do so.

What kickassangel said is what i was getting at.

Oh yes- DP is very restrained and polite, and we only ever fart accidentally in front of each other, which is accompanied on both sides by politely ignoring, or gentle piss-taking, depending on the circumstances.

I would be annoyed if there was a big disparity in what was acceptable, ie the man being free to let rip, and the woman being castigated for 'unladylike' behaviour. A healthy and equal attitude to the reality of bodily functions without a celebration of being crass for the sake of it is what I think works best.

I think it's a bit of a red flag if the bloke cuffs like a train with gay abandon, while imposing a feminine standard of infallibility on the woman. I'd hate to be one of those couples that leaves the bathroom door open, but that's just a personal preference. It's the double standard that is a problem.

*chuffs, not cuffs, sorry.