{"id":6999,"date":"2014-06-06T18:13:05","date_gmt":"2014-06-06T10:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lelo.com\/blog\/?p=6999"},"modified":"2026-03-06T06:25:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T05:25:55","slug":"americas-10-weirdest-sex-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lelo.com\/blog\/americas-10-weirdest-sex-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"America&#8217;s 10 Weirdest Sex Laws"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are lots of odd legal decrees regarding sex all over the world. This week, we\u2019re focusing on our friends in America, a country that\u2019s got more weird sex laws than just about anywhere else. If you want to keep yourself out of jail, we suggest you study and memorize these regulations, otherwise you might feel the long arm of the law, get banged to rights, and other terrible innuendos.<\/p>\n<h2>10. Nil By Mouth<\/h2>\n<p>In South Dakota, you can get a whole decade behind bars for performing oral sex, or \u201ccopulation by means of mouth\u201d. Rhode Island offers the same sentence and describes it as \u201can abominable, detestable crime against nature\u201d. They must be doing it wrong.<\/p>\n<h2>9. The Annals Of Law<\/h2>\n<p>Anal sex is illegal in 10 states (Idaho, Utah, Michigan, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana). And just for reference, many states refer to oral sex as \u2018sodomy\u2019. Yeah, they\u2019re definitely doing it wrong.<\/p>\n<h2>8. Girls On Top<\/h2>\n<p>It\u2019s illegal for a women to be on top during sex in Massachusetts. That law must get broken a LOT.<\/p>\n<h2>7. Time In Solitary<\/h2>\n<p>A man can get 5 years in Arizona for \u201cacts of gross indecency, either in public or private\u201d. That\u2019s right America, it\u2019s not just kittens that you kill every time you masturbate, it\u2019s justice.<\/p>\n<h2>6. 3 Strokes And You\u2019re Out<\/h2>\n<p>Staying in Arizona, having more than two vibes in your home is a criminal offence. But judging by our sales statistics, no one in Arizona is paying attention.<\/p>\n<h2>5. Caught In A Flash<\/h2>\n<p>You can get five years and a $2000 fine for streaking with the &#8220;intent of arousing sexual desire&#8221; in Louisiana. Unless you run really really fast, all the way to Mississippi.<\/p>\n<h2>4. Pot Luck<\/h2>\n<p>In Alabama, it\u2019s a criminal offence for a woman who loses at pool to settle her tab with sex.<\/p>\n<h2>3. Norfolking Way<\/h2>\n<p>Norfolk, Virginia expressly forbids having sex in a sidecar while it\u2019s moving down a city street. Which is really strange, because we\u2019re not even sure how that would be possible. Well, we guess love will find a way.<\/p>\n<h2>2. Cold Meat<\/h2>\n<p>In the town of Newcastle, Wyoming, it\u2019s illegal to have sex inside a walk-in meat freezer. Must be why butchers are so surly all the time.<\/p>\n<h2>1. No Peeking<\/h2>\n<p>Peeping Tom laws all make sense. Except in North Carolina. There, it is of course illegal for a man to peep through a woman\u2019s window. However, it is perfectly legal for a woman to peep through a man\u2019s window. No, we don\u2019t get it either.<\/p>\n<h3>Honorable Mention<\/h3>\n<p>Ok, so we\u2019ve given the US a bit of a hard time today. In the interest of balance, in Britain, it\u2019s illegal to \u201chandle a salmon in suspicious circumstances\u201d. Yeah, we know this isn\u2019t sex-related, but we discovered it while researching this article and had to share it. Don\u2019t believe us? Well it\u2019s part of the Salmon Act 1986. So there.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Enjoy 15% off <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lelo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LELO.com<\/a> with code <span style=\"color: #800080;\">VOLONTE15<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are lots of odd legal decrees regarding sex all over the world. 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Nil By Mouth In South Dakota, you can get [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":7409,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[551],"coauthors":[947],"class_list":["post-6999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sex-tips-advice","tag-humour"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.8.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Top 10 Strangest Sex Laws Revealed<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We take a look at some of the weirdest sex laws, strangest punishments for sex, and bizarre regulations that make sex such a complicated thing.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lelo.com\/blog\/americas-10-weirdest-sex-laws\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Top 10 Strangest Sex Laws Revealed\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We take a look at some of the weirdest sex laws, strangest punishments for sex, and bizarre regulations that make sex such a complicated thing.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.lelo.com\/blog\/americas-10-weirdest-sex-laws\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Volont\u00e9\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LELO.Official\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-06-06T10:13:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-06T05:25:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.lelo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Americas-weirdest-sex-laws-no-text.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"660\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"330\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Donna Turner\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Lelo_Official\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Lelo_Official\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Donna Turner\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.lelo.com\/blog\/americas-10-weirdest-sex-laws\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.lelo.com\/blog\/americas-10-weirdest-sex-laws\/\",\"name\":\"The Top 10 Strangest Sex Laws Revealed\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.lelo.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.lelo.com\/blog\/americas-10-weirdest-sex-laws\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.lelo.com\/blog\/americas-10-weirdest-sex-laws\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.lelo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Americas-weirdest-sex-laws-no-text.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-06-06T10:13:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-06T05:25:55+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.lelo.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ee7d40fffc3a3ad51f9cb3b4fa664198\"},\"description\":\"We take a look at some of the weirdest sex laws, strangest punishments for sex, and bizarre regulations that make sex such a complicated thing.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.lelo.com\/blog\/americas-10-weirdest-sex-laws\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.lelo.com\/blog\/americas-10-weirdest-sex-laws\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.lelo.com\/blog\/americas-10-weirdest-sex-laws\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.lelo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Americas-weirdest-sex-laws-no-text.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.lelo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Americas-weirdest-sex-laws-no-text.jpg\",\"width\":660,\"height\":330},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.lelo.com\/blog\/americas-10-weirdest-sex-laws\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Volonte\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.lelo.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Sex Tips &amp; 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