Strange Laws- Most Middle Eastern countries recognize the following Islamic law: - In Lebanon, men are legally allowed tohave 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 forbidden 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. - 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. (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. - Topless saleswomen are legal in Liverpool, England - but only in tropical fish stores. - 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. (...we have to presume this was a big enough problem that they had to pass this law...?) - In Maryland, it is illegal to sell condoms from vending machines with one exception: pro-phylactics may be dispensed from a vending machine only "in places where alcoholic beverages are sold for consumption on the premises."
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