Stupid Laws tagged 'women'

A baby girl must not be Christened “Paddy”.

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A betrayed wife is legally allowed to kill her adulterous husband, but may only do so with her bare hands

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A boy may only court a girl after obtaining written permission from her father.

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A girl must have written permission from her father before she can wear a mini skirt that is more than 4 inch above her knee.

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A husband is responsible for every criminal act committed by his wife while she is in his presence.

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A man can force any single woman to marry him is he discovers her picking her nose while sitting in a car at traffic lights.

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A man can legally beat his wife, but not more than once a month.

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A man caught beating his wife can be tied to a stake for eight hours a day with a sign that read, “Wife Beater” fastened to his chest.

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A man may not seduce a woman by lying, and claiming he will marry her.

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A pregnant woman may relieve herself anywhere she likes, including (if she requests) in a policeman’s helmet.

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A special cleaning ordinance bans housewives from hiding dirt and dust under a rug in a dwelling.

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A special law prohibits unmarried women from parachuting on Sunday or she shall risk arrest, fine, and/or jailing.

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A woman can not be on top in sexual activities.

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A woman forfeits her property rights to her husband if she’s been ravished unless the husband forgives her

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A woman isn’t allowed to cut her own hair without her husband’s permission.

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A woman isn’t allowed to cut her own hair without her husband’s permission.

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A woman may not buy a hat without her husband’s permission.

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A woman may only have sex with her husband, and the first time this happens, her mother must be in the room to witness

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A women can be fined (only after death), for being electrocuted in a bath-tub because of using self-beautification utensils.

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All girls under the age of 12 must own a grass skirt and must take Hawaiian dancing lessons.

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All married women must get their husband’s permission if they wish to have a job, they must live wherever the husband wishes to reside, and they must forfeit all jointly held assets upon divorce from her husband.

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Any woman who wears pants faces a possible punishment of having the pants ripped off her and torn to pieces by soldiers.

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At the age of thirty unmarried women become the property of the state.

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Couples must wait at least 72 hours to be married unless the man has raped the woman

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Cross-dressing is illegal.

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