Real Strange Sex Laws Around The World
1) 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.

2) 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.

3) 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. (Apparently, if you wear socks, you're safe from the law!)

4) In hotels in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, every room is required to have twin beds. And 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!

5) 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.

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

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

8) In Norfolk, Virginia, a woman can't go out without wearing a corset.(There was a civil-service job -- for men only -- called a corsetinspector.)

9) However, 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."

10) 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 minutesbefore getting out of his car to investigate.

11) Another 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.

12) Lovers in Liberty Corner, New Jersey, should avoid satisfying their lustful urges in a parked car. If the horn accidentally sounds while they are frolicking behind the wheel, the couple can face a jail term.

13) In Carlsbad, New Mexico, it's legal for couples to have sex in a parked vehicle during their lunch break from work, as long as the car or van has drawn curtains to stop strangers from peeking in.

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

15) Liquor and sex always seem to go together, even in the writing of laws. Maryland prohibits the selling of condoms through vendings machines in gas stations and stores-with one major exception. Prophylactics may bedispensed by vending machines only "in places where alcoholic beverages are sold for consumption on the premises"

16) In Texas, no one other than a registered pharmacist" may sell condoms or other kinds of contraceptives "on the street or other public places." Not even Physicians! Anyone one who tries to make a few extra bucks doing this will be severaly prosecuted for the dire act of "unlawfully practicing medicine."

17) Kentucky and Idaho limit condom sales to medical practicioners and licensed pharmicists, but their license to sell the items may not be hung on the wall where it can be seen by customers.

18) Maine, on the other hand, licenses condom sellers, and the license must always be on public display.

19) An old Connecticut law banished the use of condoms and all other contraceptive devices.

20) Women aren't allowed to wear patent-leather shoes in Cleveland, Ohio --a man might see the reflection of something "he oughtn't!"

21) No woman may have sex with a man while riding in an ambulance within the boundaries of Tremonton, Utah. If caught, the woman can be charged with a sexual misdemeanor and "her name is to be published in the local newspaper." The man isn't charged nor is his name revealed.

22) A law in Canada that states that no man working on a ship at sea is allowed to have sex with a woman (while on the ship).

23) In the city of Miami it is illegal to sell alcoholic beverages of any kind to homosexuals.

24) A prostitute having intercourse with a client in New Orleans is committing a misdemeanor. However, engaging in oral sex with a client is a felony.

25) In Michigan, the prescribed sentence for someone found guilty of masturbation (even in private) is five years.

26) In Los Angeles County, California, it is against the law for animals to mate within 500 yards of any church, school or tavern.

27) In South Dakota it is still illegal to solicit prostitution out of a covered wagon.

28) Willowdale, Ore. Illegal for a husband to talk dirty during sex.

29) Alabama: A man can't seduce "a chaste woman by means of temptation, deception, arts, flattery or a promise of marriage."

30) Newcastle, Wyo.: Couples are prohibited from having sex in a butcher's walk-in freezer.

31) Connorsville, Wis.: It's illegal for a man to shoot a gun when his female partner has an orgasm.

32) Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: There is a law against having sex with a truck driver in a toll booth.

33) Clinton, Oklahoma: It is illegal to masturbate while watching two people have sex in a car.

34) State of Washington: There is a law against having sex with a virgin under any circumstances (including the wedding night).

35) Washington, D.C.: There is a law against having sex in any position other than face-to-face.

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

37) In Nevada, sex without a condom is considered illegal.

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

39) 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.

40) An excerpt from brilliant 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".

41) In Los Angeles, California, a man is legally entitled to beat his wife with a leather belt or strap, but the belt can't be wider than 2 inches, unless he has his wife's consent to beat her with a wider strap. Consent should be given prior to the event, as is carefully stipulated. [Not to be confused with the myth about "rule of thumb"'s origin]

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

43) In Alanta Georgia, its illegal to have oral sex

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

45) Utah state legislation outlaws all sex with anyone but your spouse. Next to that adultery, oral and anal sex, masturbation are considered sodomy and can lead to imprisonment. Sex with an animal - unless performed for profit -however is NOT considered sodomy. Polygamy - provided only the missionary position has been applied - is only a misdemeanor.

46) In Fairbanks, Alaska: There is a law against: two moose having sex on the city sidewalks.

47) In every state in the union: There is a law against: having sex with a corpse.

48)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."

49) In Lebanon, men are legally allowed to have sex with animals, but the animals must be female. Having sexual relations with a male animal is punishable by death.

50) In Bahrain, a male doctor may legally examine a woman's genitals, but is forbidden from looking directly at them during the examination. He may only see their reflection in a mirror.

51) 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 a brick or piece of wood at all times.

52) The penalty for masturbation in Indonesia is decapitation.

53) 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?)

54) 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.)

55) Topless saleswomen are legal in Liverpool, England - but only in tropical fish stores. (Of course!!)

56) 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. (No thanks)

57) 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?)

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