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In
the USA, the FDA does not currently regulate sex toys, so many
of them are toxic. Learn which sex
toys are safe and which ones are not. |
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In
Florida, having sexual relations with a porcupine is illegal. |
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In
Tibet, many years ago, the law required all women to prostitute
themselves. This was seen as a way to gain sexual experience
prior to marriage. |
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"Female
breasts," according to the Arizona Supreme Court, don't constitute
"private parts" under state law. |
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The
Asiatic Huns punished convicted male rapists and adulterers
with castration. Female adulterers were merely cut in two. |
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The
penalty for masturbation
in Indonesia is decapitation. |
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The
T'ang Dynasty Empress Wu Hu passed a special law concerning
oral sex. She felt that a
woman pleasuring a man represented the supremacy of the male
over the female. Therefore, she insisted all visiting male dignitaries
show their respect by pleasuring her orally when meeting. The
empress would throw open her robe and her guest would kneel
before her and kiss her genitals.
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In
London, it's illegal to have sex on a parked motorcycle. |
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There
is, in fact, an Illinois law that prohibits a number of things—one
of which is a public erection, another is nude dancing. The
prohibition against the public erection has never been challenged
in the Supreme Court, but the prohibition against nude
dancing has. |
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In
100 A.D., the Teutons, an Germanic tribe, would punish anyone
caught as a prostitute by suffocating them in excrement. |
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The
vow of a Roman vestal virgin lasted 30 years. If she engaged
in sex before then, she was punished by being buried alive. |
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In
17th century Spain, it was illegal for anyone other than a woman's
husband to see her bare feet. A woman could freely expose her
breasts, but feet were considered sexual and had to be covered
in the presence of men other than her husband. |
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The
Romans would crush a first-time rapist's gonads between two
stones. |
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In
China, women are prohibited from walking around a hotel room
in the nude. A woman may be naked only while in the bathroom. |
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The
early Christian
church forbade couples from having sex on Wednesdays, Fridays
and of course, Sundays. |
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In
Pompeii, a special law was directed at prostitutes. They had
to dye their hair either blue, red or yellow in order to be
able to work. |
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In
Indiana, mustaches are illegal if the bearer has a "tendency
to habitually kiss
other humans. |
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Six
thousand years ago, Egyptians, the first to punish sex crimes
with castration, would completely castrate a male convicted
of rape. A women found guilty of adultery would find herself
without a nose, the thinking being that without a nose, it would
be harder to find someone to share in her adulterous ways. |
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In
Krakow, Poland it's not only a crime to have sex with animals,
but three-time offenders are shot in the head. |
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Up
until 1884, a woman could be sent to prison for denying a husband
sex. |
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In
Maryland, it is illegal to sell condoms
from vending machines with one exception—prophylactics may be
dispensed from a vending machine only "in places where alcoholic
beverages are sold for consumption on the premises." |
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While
not as extreme as the ancient Israelite punishment for adultery
(stoning), Greek men still had their fair share of discomfort
when their pubic hair
was removed and a large radish was shoved up their rectum.
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In
Alabama, it's against the law for a man to seduce "a chaste
woman by means of temptation, deception, arts, flattery or a
promise of marriage." |
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In
Nepal, Bangladesh and Macao it is against the law to view movies
containing simulated lovemaking or the pubic area of men and
women. The law also does not allow kisses to be shown in any
film that includes actors from these three countries. |
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It's
illegal to have sex with a corpse anywhere in the United States. |
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An
18th century French prostitute could be spared punishment if
she were willing to join the opera. |
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There
are men in Guam whose full-time job it is to travel the countryside
and deflower young virgins,
who pay them for the privilege of having sex for the first time. |
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Under
the law in Guam, it is forbidden for virgins
to marry. |
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In
Hong Kong, a betrayed wife is legally allowed to kill her adulterous
husband, but may only do so with her bare hands. The husband's
lover may be killed in any manner desired. |
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An
18th century French prostitute could be spared punishment if
she were willing to join the opera. |
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In
Mississippi, S & M is against the law. Specifically, "The depiction
or description of flagellation or torture by or upon a person
who is nude or in undergarments or in a bizarre or revealing
costume for the purpose of sexual gratification." |
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During
the Middle Ages, if you were guilty of bestiality you'd be burned
at the stake, along with the other party to your crime. |
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As
recently as 1990, these states had laws against the use of dildos:
Idaho, Utah, Arizona, Oklahoma, Minnesota, Louisiana, Mississippi,
Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia,
Maryland, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Washington D.C. |
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In
Minnesota, it is illegal for any man to have sexual intercourse
with a live fish. Dead ones are apparently all right!?! |
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In
Detroit, couples are not allowed to make love in an automobile
unless the act takes place while the vehicle is parked on the
couple's own property. |
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In
Oxford, Ohio, it's illegal for a woman to strip off her clothing
while standing in front of a man's picture. |
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An
excerpt from Kentucky state legislation: "No female shall appear
in a bathing suit on any highway within this state unless she
be escorted by at least two officers or unless she be armed
with a club." |
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The
only acceptable sexual position in Washington, DC is the missionary
position. Any other sexual position is considered illegal. |
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In
Michigan a woman isn't allowed to cut her own hair without her
husband's permission. |
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It
is illegal for any member of the Nevada legislature to conduct
official business wearing a penis
costume while the legislature is in session. |
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In
Ventura County, California cats and dogs are not allowed to
have sex without a permit. |
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Under
Lebanese law, men are legally allowed to have sex with animals,
but the animals must be female. Having sexual relations with
a male animal is expressly forbidden. |
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A
law in Fairbanks, Alaska does not allow moose to have sex on
city streets. |
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In
Kingsville, Texas there is a law against two pigs having sex
on the city's airport property. |
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Women
can sell items and be topless in Liverpool, England—but only
in tropical fish stores. |
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In
the state of Texas it was a misdemeanor if two men engage in
oral sex and or
anal sex. The Supreme Court overruled this
law in 2003. The same law didn't apply to men and women engaging
in the same activity with each other. |
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In
Romboch, Virginia, it is illegal to engage in sexual activity
with the lights on. |
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In
the state of Utah, sex with an animal, unless performed for
profit, is not considered sodomy
and therefore is legal. |
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Anywhere
in the U.S., It's illegal to use any live endangered species
(except for insects) in public or private sexual displays, shows
or exhibits depicting cross-species sex. |
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In
the quiet town of Connorsville, Wisconsin, it's illegal for
a man to shoot off a gun when his female partner has an orgasm.
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It
is illegal for a man and woman to have sex "on the steps of
any church after the sun goes down" in Birmingham, England. |
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In
the state of Washington there is a law against having sex with
a virgin under any circumstances (including the wedding
night). |
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A
Tremonton, Utah law states that no woman is allowed to have
sex with a man while riding in an ambulance. In addition to
normal charges, the woman's name will be published in the local
newspaper. |
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It's
against the law in Willowdale, Oregon, for a husband to curse
during sex. |
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Sodomy
laws have been repealed—or are ignored—in most states, but not
Georgia, where a man was sentenced to five years in prison for
engaging in oral sex. With
his wife. With her consent. In their home. |
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An
Oklahoma state representative once proposed a bill requiring
that a man explain the dangers of pregnancy and obtain a woman's
written consent before the two could legally engage in sexual
intercourse. |
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In
Oblong, Illinois, it's punishable by law to make love while hunting
or fishing on your wedding day. |
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No
man is allowed to make love to his wife with the smell of garlic,
onions, or sardines on his breath in Alexandria, Minnesota.
If his wife so requests, law mandates that he must brush his
teeth. |
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Warn
your hubby that after lovemaking in Ames, Iowa, he isn't allowed
to take more than three gulps of beer while lying in bed with
you—or holding you in his arms. |
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Bozeman,
Montana, has a law that bans all sexual activity between members
of the opposite sex in the front yard of a home after sundown—if
they're nude. |
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An
ordinance in Newcastle, Wyoming, specifically bans couples from
having sex while standing inside a store's walk-in meat freezer.
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In
hotels in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, every room is required
to have twin beds. The beds must always be a minimum of two
feet apart when a couple rents a room for only one night. And
it's illegal to make love on the floor between the beds. |
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The
owner of every hotel in Hastings, Nebraska, is required to provide
each guest with a clean and pressed nightshirt. No couple, even
if they are married, may sleep together in the nude, nor may
they have sex unless they are wearing one of these clean, white
cotton nightshirts. |
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An
ordinance in Newcastle, Wyoming, specifically bans couples from
having sex while standing inside a store's walk-in meat freezer.
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A
state law in Illinois mandates that all bachelors should be
called master, not mister, when addressed by their female counterparts.
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In
Norfolk, Virginia, a woman can't go out without wearing a corset.
(There was a civil-service job—for men only—called a corset
inspector.) |
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In
Merryville, Missouri, women are prohibited from wearing corsets
because "the privilege of admiring the curvaceous, unencumbered
body of a young woman should not be denied to the normal, red-blooded
American male." |
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It's
safe to make love while parked in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Police
officers aren't allowed to walk up and knock on the window.
Any suspicious officer who thinks that sex is taking place must
drive up from behind, honk his horn three time and wait approximately
two minutes before getting out of his car to investigate. |
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A
law in Helena, Montana, mandates that a woman can't dance on
a table in a saloon or bar unless she has on at least three
pounds, two ounces of clothing. |
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Lovers
in Liberty Comer, New Jersey, should avoid satisfying their
lustful urges in a parked car. If the horn accidentally sounds
while frolicking behind the wheel of a motor vehicle, the couple
can face a jail term. |
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A
Florida sex law: If you're a single, divorced, or widowed woman,
you can't parachute on Sunday afternoons. |
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Women
aren't allowed to wear patent-leather shoes in Cleveland, Ohio—the
thinking is that a man might see the reflection of something
he shouldn't. |
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Maryland
prohibits the selling of condoms through vending machines in
gas stations and stores—with one major exception. Prophylactics
may be dispensed by a vending machine only "in places where
alcoholic beverages are sold for consumption on the premises." |
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Vending-machine
condom sales are banned in such states as Hawaii, Kentucky,
Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. |
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In
Texas, no one other than a "registered pharmacist" may sell
condoms or other kinds of contraceptives "on the streets or
other public places." No, not even physicians. Anyone who tries
to make a few extra bucks doing this will be severely prosecuted
for the dire act of "unlawfully practicing medicine." |
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Kentucky
and Idaho has had limits on condom sales to medical practitioners
and licensed pharmacists, but their license to sell the items
may not be hung on a wall where it can be seen by customers. |
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Maine
licenses condom sellers and the license must always be on public
display. |
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Nevada,
with 35 legal bordellos, has no condom problem. The use
of condoms in Nevada brothels is compulsory. |
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Both
Indiana and Ohio have laws that prohibit male skating instructors
from having sexual relations with their female students. This
misdeed, called "the seduction of female students," is prosecuted
as a felony. This statute applies only to male teachers. It
seems female skating instructors may have sex with male students. |
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Authorities
in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, passed a special piece of legislation
governing sexual activities in the toll-collection booths on
the Pennsylvania Turnpike. The law, which pertains only to female
toll collectors, prohibits them from engaging in sex with a
truck driver in the confines of a booth. |
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The
city fathers in Clinton, Oklahoma have banned local men from
masturbating while observing a couple making love in the back
seat of a parked car in a drive-in theater. |
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In
North Carolina, it's illegal for a man to peep through a window
at a woman—yet it's not against the law for a woman to peep
into a room occupied by a man. (Nor is it a violation of the
law if a man peeps at another man.) |
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Until
the law was repealed in 1975, California husbands and wives
could both get a 15-year penitentiary term for engaging in certain
sexual practices. They were specifically prohibited from engaging
in any oral activities, even in the privacy of their own bedroom. |
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In
Skullbone, Tennessee, the law bans a woman from "pleasuring
a man" while he is sitting behind the wheel of any moving vehicle.
Any man stopped and found with the front of his pants undone
can be fined a minimum of $50 and serve 30 days in jail. |
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In
California, adultery is punishable by a $1,000 fine and/or one
year in prison. |
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In
Arkansas, offenders are fined a mere $20 to $100. |
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Single
guys and gals caught in the act of sex in Michigan can be fined
as much as $5,000, and they could be sentenced to as many as
five years in prison. |
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Single
adults in Texas who are apprehended while having sex are charged
with a misdemeanor and given a $500 fine. |
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Branchville,
South Carolina, retains an old piece of legalese covering those
who "lewdly and lasciviously associate, bed, and cohabit together,
in a public or nonpublic place." The amorous couple can be punished
with a $500 fine and as much as a six-month prison term. |
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Rhode
Island prohibits unmarried people from partaking of bedroom
activities under any circumstances. However, if caught, the
lovers are both fined $10. |
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Unmarried
adults in Arizona who decide to fool around a little are committing
a serious felony. Anyone single, man or woman, caught having
sex can be sent to the penitentiary for three full years. |
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South
Dakota threatens a 10-year prison term for "copulation by means
of mouth." |
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Utah
has made this same act a misdemeanor. There, oral sex brings
a six-month jail term and a $299 fine. |
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Rhode
Island labels it an "'abominable, detestable crime against nature,"
and such activity brings a seven-to-10-year stretch in the penitentiary.
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It
is outlawed in New Mexico where participation is punishable
by a $5,000 fine and a two-to-10-year sentence. |
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Kansas
gives one month in jail and a $500 fine for anyone who gets
caught with a Hooker. |
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In
Nevada prostitution is legal. |
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A
man can be incarcerated for from one-to-10 years in an Arizona
or Washington, DC, prison for causing his wife to be a prostitute.
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A
man can also get 10 years in Arkansas and 20 years in Maine
and Michigan for placing "his spouse in a brothel." In Missouri,
it's a "high misdemeanor" for a fellow to "force" his wife to
sell sexual services on the streets. |
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Don't
import an Asian woman and make her a prostitute in California.
If you're caught, you could get a year in prison and a $500
fine. |
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Buckfield,
Maine, has a rather unusual law regarding cab drivers and sex.
The legislation declares that no taxi driver "will be allowed"
to charge a fare to any passenger who gives him sexual favors"
in return for a ride home from a nightclub or other "establishment
which serves alcoholic beverages," or any "place of business"
selling liquor. |
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Carlsbad,
New Mexico, retains a law making it illegal under certain conditions
for couples to have sex in a parked vehicle during their lunch
break from work. The car or van must have tightly drawn
curtains to stop strangers from peeking inside while the activity
is taking place. |
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An
old law in Cattle Creek, Colorado bans a man or his wife from
making love while bathing in any lake, river or stream. |
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It's
against the law in Beanville, Vermont, for a road map to be
printed and sold or given away if it contains advertising of
a "lewd or lascivious nature." The ban specifically includes
ads for massage parlors and hot tubs, as both are believed to
be of a "sensual bent." |
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It's
against the law to make love to a virgin, whatever the circumstances,
anywhere in the state of Washington. According to the wording
of the legislation, it's a major crime even to marry and then
spend the night with a virgin bride in that city. |
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In
Anniston, Alabama an old ordinance bans women from using promises
of certain physical activities to pay off a bet on a match they
are playing. Nor may they initiate sex while hanging around
a pool hall. |
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Women
who go out on the streets alone at night in Kansas City, Kansas,
can be arrested under an obscure 1901 city ordinance. Any unattended
females can be picked up by the police if they are "in the streets
or any public place without lawful business and without giving
a good accounting of themselves." |
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The
city of Cottonwood, Arizona banned people from having sex in
a vehicle with "flat wheels." If the vehicle with flat wheels
is parked, and you're caught making love in the front seat,
it's a $25 fine. But if you're caught playing around while in
the back seat, the fine is doubled. |
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Connecticut
still retains an old law forbidding any kind of "private sexual
behavior between consenting adults." This odd law makes absolutely
no distinction between married and single couples. |
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The
Louisiana House of Representatives hurriedly approved a unique
anti-streaking law. Under it, streakers can be sentenced to
five years in the state penitentiary and given a $2,000 fine
for streaking "while intending to arouse the desires of minors."
Streaking with only the "intent of arousing sexual
desire" brings a violator a $100 fine and one year in prison. |
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In
Nebraska, buggery, or anal copulation, can bring a whopping
20 years in the penitentiary. And buggery in Pennsylvania can
bring transgressors a $5,000 fine and 10 years at hard labor. |
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South
Carolina's Code of Laws 16-412 includes "the abominable crime
of buggery." A $500 fine and five years in prison are the punishment.
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Buggery
in Maryland brings a one-to-10-year prison term. |
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Anyone
in Kansas caught engaging in this activity (anal sex) draws
a maximum sentence of six months in jail. |
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Indiana
and Wyoming both have laws against anyone's enticing, alluring,
instigating, or helping a person under 21 to masturbate. This
activity is known in legal circles as an act of "self pollution." |
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Michigan
law prescribes five years in prison for a man who engages "in
acts of gross indecency, either in public or private." This
includes mutual masturbation by two men or the simple act of
solitary masturbation. |
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New
Jersey law threatens men with a three-year sentence for "mutual
masturbation." The law covers anyone "who, in private, is a
party to an act of lewdness or sexual indecency with another." |
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No
one may have sex while riding in the sidecar of a motorcycle
in Norfolk, Virginia, where an old ordinance outlaws anyone
from doing so while cruising down a city street. |
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Procuring
or employing an Alabama girl from 10 to 18 years old for prostitution
brings a relatively mild $300 to $500 fine and six months in
jail. |
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Prostitutes
in South Dakota are still prohibited from plying their trade
out of a covered wagon.
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It's
"an excusable act of passion" in Colombia, South America, for
a man to murder his wayward wife when he finds the woman in
bed with her lover. If the husband "personally witnesses the
corrupt sexual activity," he's allowed to shoot his unfaithful
spouse. Such adultery-related homicides aren't even prosecuted. |
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The
use of chili sauce and similar hot spices on jail and prison
food is outlawed in Peru. An edict was handed down by the Interior
Minister because these items were claimed to "have aphrodisiac
qualities" and would "arouse sexual desires." |
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Censorship
laws in Brazil are strict. Explicit guidelines govern pornography.
No newspaper, magazine, or book is allowed to discuss any aspect
of homosexuality. Pictures of nude couples can't be included
in any publication. No photographs even "suggesting" sexual
activity are allowed. Banned, too, are photos of women attired
in bikinis or short-shorts. And no more than one bare female
breast may legally be shown on any given page of a newspaper,
magazine, book, or other publication. |
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Don't
try to fool around while skinny-dipping anywhere near Georgetown,
Guyana. Getting caught while bathing in the nude is punishable
with a coat of fresh paint. The bathers are then taken to the
outskirts of Georgetown and left to fend for themselves. The
law is even tougher in its effort to discourage people from
having sex while skinny-dipping. The lovers are first given
a coat of paint, then both parties "will be attached to an ass
and taken on a tour of the village." Finally, they'll be dropped
at the edge of town and told in no uncertain terms to not bother
coming back. |
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Sodomy
has long been a serious offense in Peru. A person who has engaged
in it is first dragged through the streets on a rope. Hanging
comes next. Finally, the corpse is burned while fully clothed. |
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Cautin
Province in Chile has an edict banning the hanging on the walls
of Playboy centerfolds and other sexy pinups in any home or
public building. The reason according to this decree? "It's
more worthwhile to admire a good landscape than a photograph
of a naked woman." |
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In
Paramaribo, Suriname, a man who rapes a single woman won't be
punished— if the rape victim agrees to marry her attacker. |
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Featherbeds
were long ago outlawed in Buenos Aires, Argentina because "such
an indulgence induces and encourages lascivious feelings." |
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The
alpaca (a variety of llama) appears to be the most popular four-legged
bedmate for many single Peruvian guys. So prevalent, apparently,
is this sexual deviance that an old law still outlaws the activity.
Unmarried young men are prohibited from even having a female
alpaca live in their homes or apartments. |
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The
law in Guatemala pulls no punches in dealing with single women
who have been accused of illicit lovemaking. Supposed female
"fornicators," when seen in the streets, are to be stopped,
spat upon, and beaten by the citizens of the community Single
men aren't punished at all when they've been caught in the act. |
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It's
against the law in Belize for any man to have sex with or marry
his own aunt. Masked vigilantes are allowed to take the law
into their own hands and severely punish the lawbreaker, who
is tied to a tree and then flogged. |
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Passionate
kissing in public places has been outlawed in Sorocaba, Brazil.
The specific kind of kiss that was banned was "the cinematographic
kiss, in which salivas mix to swell the sensuality." |
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Panama
doesn't mess around when it comes to homosexuals and homosexuality.
The law declares, "If any one of these males who commit this
vile practice against nature with other males, he shall be degraded,
and shall remain in perpetual exile." The penalty meted out
for homosexual behavior is castration. The law also covers people
who aren't homosexual themselves but associate with homosexuals.
"Guilt by association" brings a penalty of a shaven head, one
hundred lashes, and banishment. |
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The
law in Honduras doesn't prohibit homosexuality, yet neither
does it condone the practice. Sodomy, however, is strictly banned
regardless of whether it's homosexual or heterosexual. |
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A
man in Matagalpa, Nicaragua, is required by law to divorce his
wife as soon as he discovers that she's committed adultery.
He's in serious trouble should he fail to do so; the hapless
husband may then be prosecuted for his unwillingness to take
the proper and necessary course of action. A wife, on the other
hand, is not permitted to divorce her husband when he's caught
in bed with another woman. Such things are simply to be expected
when it comes to men, says the law. |
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Peru
still keeps on the books an old piece of legislation that dates
all the way back to 1583. Passed by the Third Provisional Council
of Lima, it states, "If there is anyone among you who commits
sodomy, sinning with another man, or with a boy, or with a beast...
Let it be known that it carries the death penalty." |
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In
Uruguay, a husband who catches his spouse in bed with another
man is given an option under the current law. He has the right
to kill both the wayward wife and her lover—or he can choose
to slice off his wife's nose and castrate her lover. |
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It's
a violation of the law in Valparaiso, Chile, for any man to
marry a certain kind of woman—he must never take for his bride
a woman who has committed adultery. Such a woman is to be condemned
forever. |
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A
married woman in La Paz, Bolivia, is not allowed to drink more
than a tiny bit of wine. One who does is considered by law to
be morally and sexually lax, and her husband may divorce
her for one sip too many. |
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A
married woman in Venezuela may be accused of committing adultery,
but a simple unsubstantiated accusation isn't enough to merit
her punishment. All the woman has to do is "swear" her innocence
and she's cleared of all charges. |
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Masturbation
is outlawed in French Guiana because of the "danger it presents
to the masturbator." The law notes that such a physical act
"is recognized as a common cause of insanity." Ridiculous? Well,
it wasn't but a few years ago that young people in the United
States were taught that masturbation would make them go blind! |
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El
Salvador certainly isn't the best place for a married woman
to have a fling. Any "married woman who lies with the male who
is not her husband" can get a six-year prison term and a $30
fine. The amount of the fine is awarded to the woman's husband
as his indemnity! |
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A
husband in Honduras is guilty of adultery only when he has a
mistress and when he "keeps her in a notorious manner." |
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A
person can be arrested in San Jose, Costa Rica, for "keeping
a common bawdy house." Or he or she may be charged with "keeping
a place... for the practice of indecency." |
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A
woman can legally be a prostitute in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. But
it's against the law for a prostitute to solicit customers on
the streets or in other public places. |
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Having
sex with a relative is a serious infraction in Santa Ana, El
Salvador. Anyone who violates this law is punished either by
exile or by hanging. |
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In
Limon, Costa Rica, both parties in an adulterous relationship
are in for real trouble: Each person is subject to being beaten
and drowned in punishment for their deed. |
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The
law among the Tupies of Brazil stipulates that once a woman
is married, she's required to be faithful. The same standard
doesn't apply to the husband. He's allowed to have as many mistresses
as he can afford to keep. |
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Adultery
isn't always a crime in Caracas, Venezuela. It depends on how
long a couple has been married. Anyone, male or female, can
play around and not be prosecuted, so long as they've been married
for fewer than 12 months. After one full year of marital bliss,
the same sexual activities become serious criminal offenses. |
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Young
women in Bogoti, Colombia, are not permitted to be out alone
on the streets after the sun goes down. Why? Because other people
might think that they are prostitutes. The law allows the police
to arrest such suspects. |
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A
widow in Paramaribo, Suriname, who plans to remarry is required
by law to first make love with a man. The statute even specifies
who should be her bed partner: a member of her deceased husband's
immediate family. |
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The
law in Montevideo, Uruguay, bans a man from making love to his
wife during her menstrual period. Nor is he allowed even to
touch her between the waist and the knees. Anyone who violates
this law is fined and publicly administered 200 lashes. |
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Personal
revenge is allowed by law in Paraguari, Paraguay, when a man
catches his wife in bed with someone else. He's permitted to
kill his wife's lover, and his adulterous spouse, on the spot.
But the wronged husband must take immediate action to be considered
guiltless under this law—he isn't allowed to wait and do it
later. On the other hand, a wife who catches her mate in bed
with a lover is not entitled to any of these privileges. |
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The
law in Durango, Mexico, governs when a couple may have sex after
the woman's period begins. Five days must be allowed from the
start of the menstrual flow. Seven more days must pass for "purification."
A husband must not touch his wife in any manner with his hands.
Then, after these 12 days have passed, the woman must bathe.
Only then can the couple make love. Anyone caught violating
this old law could receive the death penalty. |
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A
bride in Ecuador had better be prepared for her wedding night.
According to the law, the girl can be returned to her parents
if her new husband determines that she is not a virgin. |
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When
a bride is deflowered in Cali, Colombia, the law says, it must
be done by the husband while making love. And this initial lovemaking
must take place while the bride's mother sits close by and witnesses
the activity. |
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Promiscuity
isn't illegal in Valencia, Venezuela, so long as it's kept within
certain specified boundaries. The single man or woman, says
the law, shouldn't ever have sex with anyone who's deformed
or who is known to be an "idiot." |
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Single
women in Costa Rica are banned from all forms of sex. Activities
specifically prohibited by the law include prostitution, fornication,
and "any kind of lewd activities or behavior" with a man. |
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A
law found in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, won't allow a man of any age
to engage in sex with certain relatives and other people. Specific
taboo relatives include the man's mother and his mother's sister.
Nor may he have a sexual relationship with an unrelated
woman and her daughter at the same time. |
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The
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini was apparently a man much obsessed
with unique sexual legislation. According to one of the great
Ayatollah's decrees, lovemaking during times of fasting was
illegal in Iran. His edict read, "Coitus invalidates the fast,
even if the penis has penetrated the vagina only as far as the
circumcision scar, and even if ejaculation does not occur. If
the penis does not penetrate up to the circumcision scar, and
no ejaculation takes place, the fast is valid." |
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Lawmakers
in Jordan have legislated what they consider to be the most
desirable amount of sexual activity between married couples.
A husband, they order, is to make love "with the wife at least
once every four months." |
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In
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, the police can arrest a person
for "committing an action that would be harmful to the general
public." This might be the official charge for something as
harmless as kissing a woman on her cheek in a public place.
The penalty is 10 days in jail for both the kisser and the kissee.
Also, adultery in Abu Dhabi is punishable by death. |
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According
to Lebanese law, a woman must be executed for fornicating with
any animal— wild or domesticated. |
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Saudi
Arabia treats adulterers with firmness. Both of the guilty parties
are quickly picked up by the authorities. They are securely
tied in a cloth sack and stoned to death. Or the penalty for
adultery might be somewhat more humane, according to the way
the Saudis look at things. The guilty woman may be shot in front
of her illicit lover, who is then publicly beheaded. |
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Conviction
of adultery in an Islamic court depends entirely on the testimony
of four male witnesses or eight female witnesses. Or an accused
woman can condemn herself. All she must do is stand and admit
three times that she actually committed the criminal act. |
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"Sperm
is always impure," decreed the Ayatollah Khomeini, "whether
it comes from coitus or from involuntary emissions while asleep."
Therefore, Iranians are forced by law to go through ablution—or
the ritualistic washing away of impurities as in a religious
rite—after being involved in certain kinds of sexual activities.
(Ablution isn't necessary, however, if the sperm stays inside
the woman's vagina after lovemaking is completed.) According
to Iranian law, a man is required to perform his ablutions if
he ejaculates while having sexual relations with an animal. |
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Citizens
of most Middle Eastern countries are forbidden to eat lamb under
certain circumstances covered by Islamic law. The law reads,
"After having sexual relations with a lamb, it is a mortal sin
to eat its flesh." |
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In
Oman, if a man has sex with a camel, a cow, or a ewe, the law
says that the animal's milk becomes impure and is no longer
suitable for human consumption. Oman law requires that the animal
must immediately be killed and then burned. The person who sodomized
the beast is required to pay its owner the dead animal's full
market value. |
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According
to Lebanese law, a woman must be executed for fornicating with
any animal—wild or domesticated. |
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The
law in Iran actually suggests that sex play by their male population
"with wild animals is not recommended, especially with a lioness."
What is recommended instead is coitus with domesticated animals
such as dogs, cats, donkeys, lambs and, yes, of all things—pigeons.
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Sodomy
is also commonplace in parts of the Middle East. Again, special
legislation can be found in Iran to cover this form of sexual
activity. The law declares that if a man's penis fully penetrates
another man's anus, ablution is also a necessity, but this time
for both parties to the sex act. |
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Kuwait
covers all the bases when it comes to sexual feelings. It's
illegal there for a married man to glance at another woman "in
a sensual manner." Nor can any male, married or single, lustfully
look at a statue of a female or at a female animal. |
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In
Syria, a man is forbidden to "look at the body of a woman who
is not his wife under any circumstances. It is also forbidden
for a woman to look at the body of a man who is not her husband.
It is forbidden to look at the genitals of others, even in the
mirror or in a pool's reflection." |
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According
to Iranian law, Islamic religious laws "must be obeyed and carried
out by all—without exception and without argument. There is
no other right, no other duty but obedience." This Middle Eastern
country's Retribution Bill details the punishments for sex-related
crimes such as fornication, homosexual activity, prostitution,
and being a pimp. Each of these is punishable by death. Public
morality is strictly enforced. Any man or woman even accused
of adultery is shot. |
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Prostitution
is a serious criminal offense in Yemen. Transgressors are simply
rounded up and publicly beheaded. |
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No
type of contraceptive may be brought into Saudi Arabia under
any circumstances. The passage of legislation banning contraceptives
quickly followed a World Moslem League ruling that "birth control
was invented by the enemies of Islam." Anyone caught smuggling
condoms, other contraceptive devices, or birth-control pills
into the country is punished with a term of six months in prison.
Even physicians are thoroughly covered by Middle Eastern law
when it comes to checking a woman's pubic area. |
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Lawmakers
in Bahrain have decreed that a male doctor can legally examine
a woman's genitals. But any examination must be done indirectly.
Says the law, "If a doctor must touch a woman's genitalia for
medical reasons, he must not look directly at her genitals.
He may do this only by seeing their reflection in a mirror." |
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Egypt
has an unusual piece of legislation that prohibits a woman from
belly dancing unless her navel is covered with gauze. Technically,
according to this law, a female in Egypt may dance in public
while wearing absolutely nothing more than a piece of gauze
on her belly button. |
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Colonel
Muammar el Qaddafi's Libya has a scale of prices to be paid
for prospective wives by eligible single men. They must be willing
to pay the equivalent of as much as $35,000, a handful of gold
coins, one healthy camel, and a number of sheep. All of these
things go to the bride-to-be's father. Many Libyan males who
can't afford these prices travel to Egypt and Tunisia, where
a wife can be had for around $200. |
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The
law in Doha, Qatar, requires that if a naked Muslim woman is
surprised by a man while bathing or dressing, she must first
cover her face, not her body. |
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In
King Ibn Saud's Saudi Arabia, rapists are held in jail until
Friday of each week (Friday in Saudi Arabia is the Sabbath).
They are then taken from the jail and dragged to the town square.
Each rapist is unceremoniously beheaded right after the midday
prayers are concluded. |
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No
unmarried woman in Qatar is allowed to give birth. Such a woman
is banned from using any hospital in the region. Nor can she
receive any kind of medical assistance. A pregnant female who
happens to be single must either flee the country or do the
best she can by going it alone. |
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A rigorous
code of Muslim sexual behavior was passed down by Iran's Ayatollah
Khomeini. His followers in Iran and throughout the Middle
East uphold these as holy laws to be applied sternly. They
are to be obeyed and are not subject to change. Here are a
number of Khomeini's most unusual sex-related laws.
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What
does a person who isn't able to hide his or her genitals
with "anything in particular when undressed" do? The hand
is a suitable covering, according to the law. |
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Eating
the meat of donkeys, horses, or mules is against the law
if the animal when alive was sodomized by a Muslim man.
If this transpired, the animal must immediately "be taken
outside the city and sold." |
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The
law in Doha, Qatar, requires that if a naked Muslim woman
is surprised by a man while bathing or dressing, she must
first cover her face, not her body. |
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A
man who perspires when he ejaculates doesn't have to worry
according to Muslim law. His sweat isn't impure, but he's
not allowed to pray so long as his clothing or body are
still sweaty. |
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What
must a Muslim man do who makes love to his wife when he
should be abstaining? The fellow is required to avoid
praying so long as he feels or looks as if he is still
sweating from the illicit activity. |
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The
law clearly states that a Muslim man can't marry a woman
who was breast-fed as a baby by his grandmother or his
mother. |
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Muslims
are banned from looking at the genitals of a corpse. The
person undertaking the cleansing ritual commits a serious
violation of the law if he or she sneaks a peek. The sex
organs of a dead person must always be covered with a
brick or a piece of wood during the ritual. |
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A
Muslim man who makes love to his aunt isn't allowed to
marry her daughters, his first cousins. But a man
who marries his first cousin and then commits adultery
with her mother can't get an annulment. A Muslim man who
gets married and then makes love to his wife is somewhat
restrained insofar as his future sex life. He is strictly
prohibited from making love to his wife's daughter or
granddaughter, even if they are hers by a previous marriage. |
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Muslim
males are also banned from marrying their own mother,
sister, stepmother, or mother-in-law. Nor may they make
love to their wife's paternal or maternal grandmothers
or her great-grandmothers. |
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When
a Muslim woman begins to menstruate while having sex,
the man must immediately withdraw. If he can't and ejaculates
instead, the fellow must, per the law, donate money to
the poor. If he can’t afford this, then something, however
little, must be given to a beggar on the streets. Should
this not be possible, the man then must, as a last resort,
beg for God's forgiveness. |
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Marriage
contracts commonly guarantee a wife's virginity in the
Middle East. If the woman turns out not to be a virgin
as promised, the husband may have their marriage annulled. |
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A
Muslim husband is in serious trouble if he's incapable
of making love to his wife. Under these circumstances,
she's allowed by law to have the marriage annulled, and
the husband is required to pay her damages (one-half of
the dowry as spelled out in the marriage contract). |
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A
married Muslim woman who is caught committing adultery
must be sternly repudiated by her husband. After the husband
finally divorces the unfaithful woman, however, he must
pay her the full amount of her dowry. |
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No
Muslim wife may refuse or even ignore her husband's sexual
advances. Any woman who does is to be judged guilty and
can't get food, clothing, and a place to live from him.
Nor can such a woman ask her husband to have sex with
her in the future. However, should they divorce, he must
pay her damages that constitute part or all of her dowry. |
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In
recent decades, China has indoctrinated its citizens to ignore
their sexual interests. Transgressors are severely chastised.
Is prostitution punished? Yes! And with heavy penalties. Nevertheless,
officially speaking, there are no laws against prostitution
anywhere in Red China. Why? Because, according to a member of
the Communist Chinese Foreign Ministry in Beijing, "There is
no prostitution in China. However, we do have some women who
make love for money." |
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Bestiality
laws in Bangkok, Thailand? There are none. Any man who "forcibly
subdues and has sexual intercourse" with a female dog is merely
charged with Cruelty to animals." The culprit is fined a small
amount of money. If the female dog happens to be in heat, the
fine is slightly higher. |
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In
Bakersfield, California, anyone having intercourse with Satan
must use a condom. (An asbestos one we presume.) |
