A DISPOSABLE ABSORBENT ARTICLE (100) IS PROVIDED IN A GENERALLY FLAT, OPEN CONDITION. THE DISPOSABLE ABSORBENT ARTICLE HAS A CENTRAL BODY (10) THAT INCLUDES AN ABSORBENT CORE (11), A FRONT LONGITUDINAL EDGE (71), AND A REAR LONGITUDINAL EDGE (72) OPPOSITE THE FRONT LONGITUDINAL EDGE. THE FRONT AND REAR EDGES PARTIALLY DEFINE FRONT AND REAR WAIST PORTIONS (112, 110), RESPECTIVELY, OF THE CENTRAL BODY. THE CENTRAL BODY IS FURTHER CHARACTERIZED BY A LONGITUDINAL CENTERLINE (AA) EXTENDING ACROSS THE FRONT AND REAR EDGES. THE DISPOSABLE ABSORBENT ARTICLE ALSO HAS A PAIR OF ELASTICIZED SIDE PANELS (20A) THAT EXTEND LONGITUDINALLY ADJACENT OPPOSITE LATERAL SIDES OF THE CENTRAL BODY. EACH SIDE PANEL HAS A FRONT LONGITUDINAL EDGE AND A REAR LONGITUDINAL EDGE OPPOSITE THE FRONT LONGITUDINAL EDGE, AND A FRONT OR REAR FASTENING ELEMENT POSITIONED ADJACENT THE FRONT OR REAR EDGE. THE FRONT EDGE OF THE SIDE PANEL (20A) IS POSITIONED CLOSER TO THE FRONT WAIST PORTION THAN THE REAR EDGE. THE FASTENING ELEMENT IS CONSTRUCTED FOR FASTENING THE FRONT AND REAR WAIST PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL BODY WHEN THE DISPOSABLE ABSORBENT ARTICLE IS WORN BY A USER. FURTHER, EACH SIDE PANEL INCLUDES ELASTIC ELEMENTS (30) THAT ARE POSITIONED ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE SIDE PANEL SUCH THAT THE SIDE PANEL HAS GENERALLY GREATER ELASTICITY IN THE VICINITY OF THE REAR EDGE THAN IN THE VICINITY OF THE FRONT EDGE. FIG. 1
