Patricia

I’ve always thought the law surrounding sex work in Ireland is a bit odd in places, but some searching of the Internet reveals that sex law can get even stranger abroad!

Here are my 5 favourites:

In Cali, Colombia, the first time a woman has sex with her husband, her mother must be in the room to witness the act.

Considering a holiday in Indonesia? The penalty for being caught masturbating in this country can be decapitation!

In Bahrain, it is against the law for a male doctor to look at woman’s genitals. If they must examine this area, they must look only at a reflection of the woman’s genitals in a mirror instead!

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 Guam it is illegal for virgins to marry. This law has made way for an industry where young virgins often pay men (whose full time job it is to deflower virgins) to pop their cherries!

And this is before we even get to the good old U.S.A.!