I thought the following might be of interest/amusement to those of you who (like me) appreciate the strangeness of life! :)
Because of a legal system where individual states, counties, and even towns can pass their own laws, the United States has acquired more than its fair share of weird legal prounouncements. The following is a short selection of the stranger sex-related laws; reading them, we can only assume that most were passed hurriedly, in response to local scandals.
In the United States...
* In Bozeman, Montana, a law bans sexual activity between members of the opposite sex in the front garden of a home after sunset if they're nude.
* In Norfolk, Virginia, it is illegal to have sex in a motorcycle sidecar.
* In Ashland, Kentucky, "No person shall keep or knowingly harbor at his house, or her house, within the city any women of ill repute, lewd character or common prostitute--other than wife, mother or sister."
* Married couples in Cattle Creek, Colorado, cannot make love while bathing in lakes, rivers, or streams.
* In Connorsville, Wisconsin, it is illegal for a man to shoot a gun while his female partner is having a sexual orgasm.
* In Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, it is illegal for a female toll collector to have sex with a truck driver inside her booth.
* In Helena, Montana, a woman can't dance on a table in a saloon or bar unless she's wearing at least 3lb 2oz of clothing.
* In Oxford, Ohio, it's illegal for a woman to strip while standing in front of a man's picture.
* It is illegal for a man to surf naked with a sock over his genitals in Margate City, New Jersey.
It's not just the United States that has eccentric laws. The following is a selection of unusual sex-related legislation from around the world....
* In Lebanon men are allowed to have sex with female animals, but having sex with a male animal is punishable by death.
* In Bahrain a male doctor may legally examine a woman's genitals but is prohibited from looking directly at them during examination. He may, however, look at their reflection in a mirror.
* In Sverdlovsk, Russia, couples cannot have sex on a tombstone within fifty feet of any road or pathway.
* In Georgetown, Guyana, the penalty for having sex while bathing in the nude is for the couple to be covered in a coat of paint, attached to a donkey, and taken on a tour of the nearest village.
* The penalty for masturbation in Indonesia is decapitation.
Good stuff, Stall!
Here in Scotland, a man having sex with a woman under sixteen goes to jail; women are mot limited as the age of their partners unless a Children's Court decides that damage might be done to young woman! No concern for a young man.
Thanks for sharing, those were definitely amusing!
Good thing it's not illegal in Ohio to have sex at your grandma's house while the rest of your relatives are at church....
So if in the State of PA; the toll booth collector is male then it's okay? Talk about descrimination and double standards!
in nevada, the age of consent for heterosexual sex is 16, but it is illegal to have "infamous sexual acts against nature" with someone under 18
in my room in Engalnd all non related females must be naked by 9.30 pm. i do think some of the world laws are a bit funny, not jyst the sexual ones.
Those are amusing, yes. Whether they're remotely true is another question entirely.
I believe that this, like most similar lists, is the product of a combination of pure imagination and using whimsically excessive specificity to create an inaccurate negative pregnant implication. For example: I suspect it's illegal (or at least a violation of work rules) for any tollbooth collector to have sex with anyone in his or her booth ... so, yeah: the explicit part of that statement is accurate. It's also accurate to say that it's illegal in George, Washington to kill a licensed spelunker by striking him about the head and face with a frozen fruit bat in the presence of a disoriented midget.
[QUOTE=NizeGie;196277]It's also accurate to say that it's illegal in George, Washington to kill a licensed spelunker by striking him about the head and face with a frozen fruit bat in the presence of a disoriented midget.[/QUOTE]
I think insanity would provide a good defence there!
One "Doubting Thomas" in every group isn't there? :)
A few more for your edification ... I can't guarantee their being authentic - but who knows?
Most Middle Eastern countries recognize the following Islamic law:
"After having sexual relations with a lamb, it is a mortal sin to eat its flesh."
Muslims are banned from looking at the genitals of a corpse. This also applies to undertakers; the sex organs of the deceased must be covered with brick or a piece of wood at all times.
There are men in Guam whose full-time job is to travel the countryside and deflower young virgins, who pay them for the privilege of having sex for the first time. Reason: under Guam law, it is expressly forbidden for virgins to marry. (Now let's just think for a minute...Is there any job anywhere else in the world that even comes close to this?)
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, on the other hand, may be killed in any manner desired.)
In Cali, Columbia, a woman may only have sex with her husband, and the first time this happens her mother must be in the room to witness the act.
In Santa Cruz, Bolivia it is illegal for a man to have sex with a woman and her daughter at the same time. (...presume this was a big enough problem that they had to pass this law?)
How do laws and acts get passed? Look up the "garbage can theory".