# WTF, Egypt? W...T...F?! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 27, 2012, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-egypt-w-t-f/620158 "2012-04-27T17:53:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-egypt-w-t-f/620158/1 "2012-04-27T17:53:21Z")
What is this…I don’t even… > **[Egyptian women fight proposed 'farewell sex' laws](https://torontosun.com/2012/04/26/egyptian-women-fight-proposed-farewell-sex-laws)** > > Women in Egypt are fighting proposed laws that would permit men to have sex with their wives up to six hours after death. > [@](#): > > Women in Egypt are fighting proposed laws that would permit men to have sex with their wives up to six hours after death. Discuss… (Mods: feel free to move this, I just figured “necrophilia” belongs in The Pit.) ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-egypt-w-t-f/620158/2 "2012-04-27T17:56:14Z")
Well, they are keeping it under 8 hours, right? Cause that would be wrong. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-egypt-w-t-f/620158/3 "2012-04-27T17:58:18Z")
That’s all the ick I need for today, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-egypt-w-t-f/620158/4 "2012-04-27T18:00:45Z")
I’m just glad everybody in Egypt is worrying about the important stuff. ---
**Author:** ![steronz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steronz/32/11765_2.png) [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-egypt-w-t-f/620158/5 "2012-04-27T18:01:13Z")
Why are women fighting this? Jealousy? ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-egypt-w-t-f/620158/6 "2012-04-27T18:02:51Z")
Talk about your sex with no possibility of procreation! ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-egypt-w-t-f/620158/7 "2012-04-27T18:05:56Z")
So, is there any possible reason for this other than a nation of people who want to have sex legally with recently deceased women? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-egypt-w-t-f/620158/8 "2012-04-27T18:12:08Z")
“Goodbye my love. Hey, loosen up a little!” ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-egypt-w-t-f/620158/9 "2012-04-27T18:12:09Z")
Guys, this story is fake. Fake, fake, fake. There is no such law. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-egypt-w-t-f/620158/10 "2012-04-27T18:21:31Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > Guys, this story is fake. Fake, fake, fake. There is no such law. [Story not fake.](http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/27/tagblogsfindlawcom2012-legallyweird-idUS13513392520120427) ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-egypt-w-t-f/620158/11 "2012-04-27T18:24:27Z")
You know, I don’t care if a guy fucks his dead wife (and neither does his dead wife) but one certainly has to wonder exactly how this became a subject of national discussion. Can’t a guy fuck his dead wife _discreetly_, for fuck’s sake? ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-egypt-w-t-f/620158/12 "2012-04-27T18:24:55Z")
[Story fake](http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Backchannels/2012/0426/Egypt-necrophilia-law-Hooey-utter-hooey) ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-egypt-w-t-f/620158/13 "2012-04-27T18:26:53Z")
Timing is crucial, otherwise she won’t know if she’s coming or going… ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-egypt-w-t-f/620158/14 "2012-04-27T18:27:25Z")
At this point, unless I see a source with a quote from a proponent of the law or a quote from the draft legislation (both of which Czarcasm’s moronic cite is missing), I’m going to assume story is fake. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-egypt-w-t-f/620158/15 "2012-04-27T18:27:32Z")
Not having read the articles here at work, are we certain that they mean six hours after the _wife’s_ death? ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-egypt-w-t-f/620158/16 "2012-04-27T18:31:10Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Timing is crucial, otherwise she won’t know if she’s coming or going… Do not approach the “white light” at the end of the “tunnel” (you’ll put your eternal eye out!). ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-egypt-w-t-f/620158/17 "2012-04-27T18:41:14Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > At this point, unless I see a source with a quote from a proponent of the law or a quote from the draft legislation (both of which Czarcasm’s moronic cite is missing), I’m going to assume story is fake. I typed “Egypt sex after death law” into Google and got multitudes of positive hits, including the major news services, but only one saying it is a fake story. Are there more sites saying it is a fake story that I missed, because I’m willing to change my mind if evidence pops up. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-egypt-w-t-f/620158/18 "2012-04-27T18:52:37Z")
**M** ummy **I** ’d **L** ike to **F** uck ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-egypt-w-t-f/620158/19 "2012-04-27T18:54:06Z")
I’m guessing a lot of Egyptian men have mummy issues. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-egypt-w-t-f/620158/20 "2012-04-27T19:04:02Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I typed “Egypt sex after death law” into Google and got multitudes of positive hits, including the major news services, but only one saying it is a fake story. Are there more sites saying it is a fake story that I missed, because I’m willing to change my mind if evidence pops up. Yes, but what is the origin of the story? The “story is fake” guy says that it started as an opinion piece from a guy who was a Mubarak supporter (and who therefore might have an axe to grind about the moronitude of the Egyptian legislature). This is at least plausible. I don’t think you can judge anything from the number of hits on Google about a story, especially in the first few hours while the original (possibly unchecked) story goes viral. And if you google “Egypt necrophilia law fake”, you will get several more hits on the “fake story” side. For me, I suspend judgment until the smoke clears. In fact, read the lead paragraph for the DailyMail article, full of no facts: [[QUOTE=dailymail.co.uk](http://QUOTE=dailymail.co.uk)] Alleged proposals to allow Egyptian husbands to legally have sex with their dead wives for up to six hours after their death have been branded a ‘complete nonsense’. The controversial new ‘farewell intercourse’ law was claimed, in Arab media, to be part of a raft of measures being introduced by the Islamist-dominated parliament. [/QUOTE] Roddy [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-egypt-w-t-f/620158.md?page=2)