Danette O'Neal, PhD

Premarital sex could bring couples in Indonesia up to 5 years in jail. Unmarried couples in Indonesia will have to be cautious of where they get frisky, if a recently proposed adultery law is passed. According to a Huffington Post translation of Indonesian magazine Tempo, single people who engage in premarital sex in Indonesia could face up to five years in jail. Currently, Indonesia’s criminal code does outlaw adultery, but only for married couples. The proposed addition to the country’s penal code was introduced in the House of Representatives earlier this month. Legislation outlawing sex between unmarried couples is not entirely unheard of in countries where Islam is the predominant religion; Saudia Arabia and Iran, for example, both have provisions against premarital sex in their penal codes.