THE PRESENT INVENTION PROVIDES AN ABSORBENT ARTICLE (1) WHICH CAN PREVENT FRONT AND BACK FLAP PORTIONS FROM BEING FOLDED FROM AN END OF AN ABSORBENT CORE IN A LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION. AN ELONGATED SHAPED ABSORBENT ARTICLE (1) COMPRISING A TOP SHEET (20), A BACK SHEET (30), AND AN ABSORBENT CORE (4) DISPOSED BETWEEN THE BOTH SHEETS, WHEREIN A BENDING STIFFNESS VALUE IN A LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION LD IS GREATER THAN A BENDING STIFFNESS VALUE IN A WIDTH DIRECTION WD AT LEAST ON ONE OF FLAP STIFFNESS REGIONS (60) OF A FRONT FLAP PORTION (55) AND A BACK FLAP PORTION (56) OF THE ABSORBENT ARTICLE. FIGURE 1
