The penalty for masturbation in Indonesia
is decapitation.
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."
In Lebanon, men are legally allowed to have
sex with animals,
but the
animals must be female. Sexual relations with a male animal are 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 even
applies to undertakers; the sex organs of the deceased must be covered with
a brick or 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.
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.
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.
In Maryland, USA, it is illegal to sell condoms from vending machines with
one exception: they may be sold from a vending machine and only
"in places where alcoholic beverages are sold for consumption on the premises."