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Adultery laws are the laws in various countries that deal with extramarital sex.Historically, many cultures considered adultery a very serious crime, some subject to severe punishment, especially in the case of extramarital sex involving a married woman and a man other than her husband, with penalties including capital punishment, mutilation, or torture. [1]
Fifteen countries have stoning on the books as a penalty for adultery, which (in light of the illegality of gay marriage in those countries) would by default include gay sex, but this is enforced by the legal authorities in Iran and Nigeria (in the northern third of the country).
Adultery was decriminalized in Chile in 1994, [83] Argentina in 1995, [84] Brazil in 2005 [85] and Mexico in 2011, [86] [87] but in some predominantly Catholic countries, such as the Philippines, it remains illegal. The Book of Mormon also prohibits adultery.
According to a 2015 study by Durex and Match.com, Thailand and Denmark were the most adulterous countries based on the percentage of adults who admitted having an affair. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] A 2016 study by the Institute for Family Studies in the US found that black Protestants had a higher rate of extramarital sex than Catholics. [ 10 ]
Countries in Europe that criminalize incest [ edit ] Countries that prohibit incest include: (all articles refer to the Penal Codes) Albania Article 106, [ 69 ] Slovenia Article 195, [ 70 ] Slovakia Section 203, [ 71 ] Serbia Article 197, [ 72 ] Poland Article 201, [ 73 ] Norway Article 197 and 198, [ 74 ] Hungary Article 199, [ 75 ] Bulgaria ...
The last adultery charge in New York appears to have been filed in 2010 against a woman who was caught engaging in a sex act in a public park, but it was later dropped as part of a plea deal.
[14] Between the years 1250 and 1300, homosexual activity was criminalized in most of Europe, possibly even punishable by death. [ 14 ] : 293 In England , Henry VIII introduced the first legislation under English criminal law against sodomy with the Buggery Act 1533 , making buggery punishable by hanging , a penalty not lifted until 1861.
Cheating is one of the most common reasons for divorce in the United States.