a male incontinence guard having a longitudinal extension defined between a first and a second end and a triangular base shape , the male incontinence guard comprising a liquid permeable top sheet , a liquid impermeable back sheet ; an absorbent core , the absorbent core having straight longitudinal side edges ; a side barrier at each longitudinal side edge of the absorbent core , each side barrier having an outer edge facing away from the respective longitudinal side edge of the absorbent core and an elastic fixed to at least the back sheet between the longitudinal side edge and the outer edge ; wherein a distance between the elastics of the side barriers and the respective longitudinal side edge of the absorbent core in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal side edge differs along the longitudinal direction .