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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 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 alright!?! |
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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 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. |
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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 non-public 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.) |
Strange
Sex Laws
The
Holistic Wisdom Corporation