0 mm the neighboring individual joining means 340 present in the point pattern are spaced apart from one another by preferably 1 10 mm particularly by 1 8 mm more particularly by 1 6 mm more particularly by 1 5 mm more particularly by 1 5 4 5 mm more particularly by 2 4 mm fig4 represents a sectional view of the second joining region 314 a along the sectional plane iv iv from fig3 the overhang 66 b of the crotch portion 8 consisting of a topsheet material 84 of nonwoven and a backsheet 62 of sheeting is attached to the stomach portion 4 lying thereunder by means of joining locations 342 produced by the joining means 340 as represented in fig2 the first joining region 312 runs beneath the absorbent body 7 with the width k therefore also extends over the contour that is to say the respective longitudinal periphery 46 of the absorbent body 7 but not outside the contour of the crotch portion 8 but instead ends within the longitudinal peripheries 48 of the crotch portion 8 the crotch portion 8 is in this case preferably connected to the back portion 6 by means of an application of adhesive over the full surface area as in the present example the topsheet material is a composite of a topsheet 64 and barrier means 68 joined onto the longitudinal peripheries 210 or the longitudinal peripheral regions 212.