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I’m trying to run a serious news organization here, but some of you won’t let me!
So yes, to all the people who have sent me this story and asked me to cover it, I give up…
You guys, on a day when we have massive news coming out left and right, let me interrupt that news to bring you a report that according to a recent scientific study, women’s farts smell worse than men’s farts.
Ladies and gentlemen, from the NY Post:
Women’s farts smell worse than men’s – and there’s science to back it up https://t.co/DF8AMOZFfH pic.twitter.com/4c38ZO4EuH
– New York Post (@nypost) 4 December 2025
I don’t know why, but I am personally offended by this scientific study and I will challenge the author to a contest!
I’m pretty sure I can overcome these obstacles too!
Personally, I’ve always found that women’s farts are more of the “musty” type, while men’s farts are more “meaty”, if that’s the right word to use.
So just as I disagreed with “the science” when “the science” was Dr. Fauci, I disagree with this science too!
NY Post Turns out the “scientist” behind this scientific study is known as the “King of Farts” (I’m also very upset that he stole my nickname!) and not only that but he’s been working on it since 1998!
On average, humans fart 23 times a day, but not all farts are created equal. Research shows that women’s gas smell is worse than men’s, and there’s a scientific reason for that.
But the next time you feel a whiff of your wife’s scent, take comfort — that smell could be a sign that she’s less likely to have Alzheimer’s.
In 1998, Dr. Michael Levitt, a gastroenterologist and prolific researcher known as the “King of Farts,” tried to figure out which gases give flatulence its distinctive odor.
They recruited 16 healthy adults with no history of gastrointestinal problems and fitted each of them with a “flatus collection system,” which was basically a rectal tube attached to a bag.
After participants chewed pinto beans and took a laxative, researchers collected their subsequent farts.
Next, Levitt and his colleagues ran a gas chromatographic-mass spectroscopic analysis to break down exactly what was inside those bags.
They also put the samples for smell testing.
Two judges were brought in to rate each fart on a scale of 0 to 8, with 8 being “very offensive”. They were unaware that they smelled human flatulence.
Researchers found that the main gases responsible for the smell of human farts are sulfur-containing compounds, specifically hydrogen sulfide – the chemical behind that classic “rotten egg” smell.
And while men tend to release larger amounts of gas, the study found that women’s flatulence contained “significantly higher concentrations” of hydrogen sulfide than their male counterparts.
The judges agreed that women’s farts have “greater odor intensity” than men’s farts.
It’s no surprise that women are more embarrassed about their farts.
A 2005 study found that heterosexual men were least bothered by whether other people could hear or smell them, while heterosexual women were the most self-conscious.
But here’s the catch: Women actually want to embrace their smelly farts because they can do their bodies a favor.
While hydrogen sulfide is highly toxic in large amounts, small doses — such as those found in abundance in women’s gas — may help protect aging brain cells from Alzheimer’s disease.
Love to hear what you think…
Who wins here?