Wierd But True Sex Laws Part 4

~ 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.

 

~ 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.

 

~ 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.

 

~ 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."

 

~ 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.

 

~ 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.

 

~ 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."

 

~ 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."

 

~ 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.

 

~ According to Lebanese law, a woman must be executed for fornicating with
   any animal� wild or domesticated.

 

~ 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.

 

~ 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.

 

~ "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.

 

~ 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."

 

~ 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.

 

~ According to Lebanese law, a woman must be executed for fornicating with any
   animal�wild or domesticated.

 

~ 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.

 

~ 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.

 

~ 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.

 

~ 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."

 

~ 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.

 

~ Prostitution is a serious criminal offense in Yemen. Transgressors are simply
   rounded up and publicly beheaded.

 

~ 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.

 

~ 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."

 

~ 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.

 

~ 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.

 

~ 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.

 

~ 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.

 

~ 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.

 

~ 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.

           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.

           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."

           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.

           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.

           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.

           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.

           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.

          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.

          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.

          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.

          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.

          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).

          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.

          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.

 

~ 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."

 

~ 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.

 

~ In Bakersfield, California, anyone having intercourse with Satan must use a condom.
   (An asbestos one we presume.)

 

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