Strange Sex Laws

The following are weird sex laws that are or were in place at one time or another. This listing is for entertainment purposes only and those seeking legal advice should contact their state or country representative or a lawyer that is familiar with the state or country's laws.

~ In Florida, having sexual relations with a porcupine
   is illegal.

~ In Tibet, many years ago, the law required all
   women prostitute themselves. This was seen as
   a way to gain sexual experience prior to marriage.

~ "Female breasts," according to the Arizona Supreme Court, don't constitute
   "private parts" under state law.

~ The Asiatic Huns punished convicted male rapists and adulterers with castration.
   Female adulterers were merely cut in two.

~ The penalty for masturbation in Indonesia is decapitation.

~ 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.

~ In London, it's illegal to have sex on a parked motorcycle.

~ 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.

~ In 100 A.D., the Teutons, an Germanic tribe, would punish anyone caught as a
   prostitute by suffocating them in excrement.

~ The vow of a Roman vestal virgin lasted 30 years. If she engaged in sex before then,
   she was punished by being buried alive.

~ 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.

~ The Romans would crush a first-time rapist's gonads between two stones.

~ In China, women are prohibited from walking around a
   hotel room in the nude. A woman may be naked only
   while in the bathroom.

~ The early Christian church forbade couples from having sex
   on Wednesdays, Fridays and of course, Sundays.

~ 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.

~ In Indiana, mustaches are illegal if the bearer has a "tendency to habitually kiss
   other humans.

~ 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.

~ In Krakow, Poland it's not only a crime to have sex with animals, but three-time
   offenders are shot in the head.

~ Up until 1884, a woman could be sent to prison for
    denying a husband sex.

~ 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."

~ 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.

~ 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."

~ 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.

~ It's illegal to have sex with a corpse anywhere in the United States.

~ An 18th century French prostitute could be spared punishment if she were willing to
   join the opera.

~ 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.

~ Under the law in Guam, it is forbidden for virgins to marry.

~ 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.

~ An 18th century French prostitute could be spared punishment if she were willing to
   join the opera.

~ 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."

~ 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.

~ 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.

~ In Minnesota, it is illegal for any man to have
  sexual intercourse with a live fish. Dead ones are apparently
  alright!?!

~ 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.

~ In Oxford, Ohio, it's illegal for a woman to strip off her clothing while standing in front
   of a man's picture.

~ 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."

~ The only acceptable sexual position in Washington, D.C. is the missionary position.
   Any other sexual position is considered illegal.

~ In Michigan a woman isn't allowed to cut her own hair without her husband's
   permission.

~ It is illegal for any member of the Nevada legislature to conduct official business
   wearing a penis costume while the legislature is in session.

~ In Ventura County, California cats and dogs are not allowed to have sex without
   a permit.

~ 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.

~ A law in Fairbanks, Alaska does not allow moose
   to have sex on city streets.

~ In Kingsville, Texas there is a law against two pigs
   having sex on the city's airport property.

~ Women can sell items and be topless in Liverpool, England—but only in tropical
   fish stores.

Liverpool, England

~ 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.

~ In Romboch, Virginia, it is illegal to engage in sexual
   activity with the lights on.

~ In the state of Utah, sex with an animal—
   unless performed for profit—is not considered
   sodomy and therefore is legal.

~ 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.

~ 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.

Birmingham, England

~ 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.

~ In the state of Washington there is a law against having
   sex with a virgin under any circumstances (including
   the wedding night).

~ 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.

~ It's against the law in Willowdale, Oregon, for a husband to curse during sex.

~ 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.

~ 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.

~ In Oblong, Illinois, it's punishable by law to make love while    hunting or fishing on your wedding day.

~ 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.

~ 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.

~ 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.

~ An ordinance in Newcastle, Wyoming, specifically bans couples from having sex
   while standing inside a store's walk-in meat freezer.

~ 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.

~ 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.

~ An ordinance in Newcastle, Wyoming, specifically bans couples from having sex
   while standing inside a store's walk-in meat freezer.

~ A state law in Illinois mandates that all bachelors should be called master, not
   mister, when addressed by their female counterparts.

~ 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.)

~ 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."

~ 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 times
   and wait approximately two minutes before getting out of his car to investigate.

Helena, Montana

~ 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.

~ 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.

~ A Florida sex law: If you're a single, divorced, or widowed woman, you can't
   parachute on Sunday afternoons.

~ 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.

~ 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."

~ Vending-machine condom sales are banned in such states as Hawaii,
   Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

~ 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."

~ Kentucky and Idaho limit 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.

~ Maine licenses condom sellers and the license must always be on public display.

~ Nevada, with 35 legal bordellos, has no condom problem. The    use of condoms in Nevada brothels is compulsory.

~ 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.

~ 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.

~ 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.

~ 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.)

~ 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.

~ 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.

~ In California, adultery is punishable by a $1,000 fine and/or one year in prison.

~ In Arkansas, offenders are fined a mere $20 to $100.

~ 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.

~ Single adults in Texas who are apprehended while having sex are charged with
   a misdemeanor and given a $500 fine.

~ Branchville, South Carolina, retains an old piece of legalese covering those who
   "lewdly and lasciviously associate, bed, and cohabit together, in a public or
   non-public place." The amorous couple can be punished with a $500 fine and as   
   much as a six-month prison term.

~ Rhode Island prohibits unmarried people from partaking of bedroom activities under
   any circumstances. However, if caught, the lovers are both fined $10.

~ 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.

~ South Dakota threatens a 10-year prison term for "copulation by means of mouth."

~ Utah has made this same act a misdemeanor. There, oral sex brings a six-month
   jail term and a $299 fine.

~ Rhode Island labels it an "'abominable, detestable crime against nature," and
   such activity brings a seven-to-10-year stretch in the penitentiary.

~ It is outlawed in New Mexico where participation is punishable by a $5,000 fine and
   a two-to-10-year sentence.

~ Florida chastises with a 20-year prison sentence those who take part in this act.

~ Kansas gives one month in jail and a $500 fine for anyone who gets caught with
   a Hooker.

~ In Nevada prostitution is legal.

~ A man can be incarcerated for from one-to-10 years in an Arizona or
   Washington, D.C., prison for causing his wife to be a prostitute.

~ 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.

~ 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.

~ 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.

~ 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.

~ An old law in Cattle Creek, Colorado bans a man or his wife from making love
   while bathing in any lake, river or stream.

~ 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."

~ 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.

~ 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.

~ 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."

~ 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.

~ 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.

~ 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.

~ 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.

~ 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.

~ Buggery in Maryland brings a one-to-10-year prison term.

~ Anyone in Kansas caught engaging in this activity (anal sex) draws a maximum
   sentence of six months in jail.

~ 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."

~ 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.

~ 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."

~ 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.

~ 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.

~ Prostitutes in South Dakota are still prohibited from plying their trade out of a
   covered wagon.

~ 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.

~ 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.

~ 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."

~ 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.

~ 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.

~ 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."

~ In Paramaribo, Suriname, a man who rapes a single woman won't be punished—
   if the rape victim agrees to marry her attacker.

~ Featherbeds were long ago outlawed in Buenos Aires, Argentina because "such
   an indulgence induces and encourages lascivious feelings."

~ 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.

~ 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.

~ 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.

~ 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."

~ 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.

~ 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.

~ 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.

~ 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."

~ 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.

~ 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.

~ 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.

~ 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.

~ 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!

~ 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!

~ A husband in Honduras is guilty of adultery only when he has a mistress and when
   he "keeps her in a notorious manner."

~ 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."

~ 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.

~ 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.

~ 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.

~ 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.

~ 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.

~ 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.

~ 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.

~ 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.

~ 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.

~ 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.