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Relationships Dyersburg, Tennessee

You cannot call a man to ask him out on a date.

Status: Historical / Repealed

The Law Explained

In what was once seen as an effort to protect the traditional courtship process, an archaic city ordinance supposedly made it illegal for a woman to be the one to initiate a date via the telephone. Passed during the early days of telephony, it was reflective of extreme, puritanical social etiquette. Today, modern dating apps would make this law entirely impossible to enforce.

๐Ÿ“š Source / Legal Code

Official Code Citation: Dyersburg City Code ยง 11-4
Where to look:

Municipal Code of Dyersburg - Offenses Against Public Morals

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