The disclosure concerns a disposable pant-type absorbent article (1) such as a pant diaper, a sanitary pant or incontinence pant specially adapted for a male user. The disposable pant-type absorbent article comprises a chassis having a front section and a back section, an absorbent core, a front region configured for receiving the genitals of a male user, a longitudinal direction (y) and a transverse direction (x), in which the front section (3) at least partly is made of an elastic material comprising at least one elastic element. A first portion of the elastic material extends over at least a central portion of the absorbent article for pressing a front portion of the absorbent core towards a user during use of the absorbent article. A second portion of an elastic material is located more towards a back than the first portion and includes at least one elastic element extending along the transverse sides of at least part of the front region (7). The absorbent article further comprises at least one elongated side elastic element attached in a substantially longitudinal direction on each transverse side (7a, 7b) of the front region (7) for providing a side gathering effect along the transverse sides (7a, 7b) of the front region (7), such that the absorbent core within the front region, under the influence of the side elastic elements (30) and the elastic web material is adapted to bulge outwardly during use of the article to form a bowl shaped portion for receiving the genitals of a male user. The disclosure also concerns a corresponding method for manufacturing the absorbent article.
