An absorbent sanitary product for absorbing fluids with a pliable top sheet (1) and a pliable back sheet (2) has an absorbent laminate (3) arranged therebetween, which laminate (3) has two pliable outer layers (4, 5), between which at least two diagonally crossing, prestressed layers of elastic threads (6) are arranged in an adhesive manner and a quantity of a superabsorbent polymer (7) is incorporated in the discrete sections which are formed as a result, wherein the outer layer (4) of the laminate (3) on the top-sheet side is made of a hydrophobic material and the outer layer (4) of the laminate (3) on the back-sheet side is made of a hydrophilic material.
