Wierd But True Sex Laws Part 1

~ 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.

 

Strange Sex Laws At Holistic Wisdom

This is the first of a four part series on strange sex laws. This site has a shit load of them and I would like to post them all for you to see. They also have a lot of interesting sex toys and other fun adult novelties.

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