Sex laws/practices from around the world

[Abdur]

Thought this will get your attention!! I am outta this workplace soon and this is my last post of the day. I was fairly productive today... Happy New Year all! Cheers to 2001 - Abdur
PS And I won't disappoint you - to the best of my knowledge, the following are for real...

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.

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

The penalty for masturbation in Indonesia is decapitation. (Which head??)

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. (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.

Topless saleswomen are legal in Liverpool, England - but only in  Tropical  fish stores. (But of course!)

In Cali, Colombia, 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. (This was a big enough problem to pass a law?)

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.”  (Is this a great country or what? ... Not as great as Guam!)

[Chichi]

No trick question.
Just wonderin' what's the hype about virgins?
It's like I wish I could be the first, last, one and the only love of his life for my guy.  But of course that's unlikely to be, by pure statistics or common sense.
So most guys wanna be the girl's first?  What about skills and experience?
Just wondering aloud......

[Abdur]

Do you know the history of giving the finger?

Before the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, the French, anticipating victory over the English, proposed to cut off the middle finger of all captured English soldiers. Without the middle finger it would be impossible to draw the renowned English longbow and therefore be incapable of fighting in the future.

This famous weapon was made of the native English Yew tree, and the act of drawing the longbow was known as "plucking the yew" (or "pluck yew").

Much to the bewilderment of the French, the English won a major upset and began mocking the French by waving their middle fingers at the defeated French, saying, "See, we can still pluck yew! PLUCK YEW!"

Since 'pluck yew' is rather difficult to say, the difficult consonant cluster at the beginning has gradually changed to a labiodental fricative 'F', and thus the words often used in conjunction with the one-finger-salute are mistakenly thought to have something to do with an intimate encounter. And since the feathers on the arrows used with the longbow come from pheasants, the symbolic gesture became known as "giving the bird."

[To Abdur]

I'm amazed.  What is your actual job that you find the time to find these facts to keep us entertained?  How do you do it?  I'm intrigued.

[Ash]

Click on the profile to find out, if it's not there, it's not meant to be known.  Not all what's and why's in life get answered all the time.  If you are enjoying it, just whisper a thank-you.