That last fact map is an interesting one. Do you think the dark red states are looking at more porn, or are they just so tech illiterate that they’re subscribing to porn sites instead of scamming it for free off Redtube? Anyways, here are the sex laws Redtube’s research team overlooked when they were quickly browsing Wikipedia and BoingBoing.
F*BOMB’S GUIDE TO STRANGE AND SURPRISING SEX LAWS (Listed alphabetically by country)
Angola – All porn films must have a well-constructed and plausible plot
Belarus – Male nipples are airbrushed out of all pornography. Female nipples still allowed
Canada – All media in Canada, including pornography, must have 35% “Canadian content.” That’s why hockey games are always playing in the background of Canadian porn
Dominican Republic – Opening credit sequences to pornographic films must feature the official Dominican Republic Pornography Theme Song
Egypt – No porn on the pyramids
Finland – Illegal to show ejaculate unless presented as the result of an accident (Finland’s most popular porn series is called “Hups tulin” which translates to “Ooops! I came” in English)
Greece – Male porn actors banned from growing beards
Honduras – No animals in porn, even if they’re only watching
Ireland – No oral sex scenes longer than 4 minutes
Jordan – Dirty talk must be highly complimentary and in no way demeaning
Kazakhstan – Only ten registered performers allowed to do anal scenes
Luxembourg – Can’t show the faces of any of the actors
Mexico – “Tijuana bibles” have been banned in Tijuana since 1993
New Zealand – Continues to deny location permits to “Lord of the Rings: A XXX Parody”
Oman – Each scene must maintain a 2:1 female-male ratio
Poland – Illegal to show bras being unfastened
Qatar – Ejaculate must be cleaned up with US currency at the end of each scene
Russia – Porn featuring transexxuals must be clearly labeled as such to avoid confusion
Samoa – Extremely high tariff on importing rival Tongan pornography
Tonga – Extremely high tariff on importing rival Samoan pornography
Uruguay – No talking, dirty or otherwise
Vatican City – It is forbidden to remove “Pope Porn” from its secret underground vault
Wales – No “cheeky” lasses
Yemen – Ban on pornographic video and images has made Yemen the world’s largest consumer of erotic audiobooks
Zambia – Couples must be married on screen before sexual contact begins
