Mexican men beware – if you seem jealous, show “indifference” toward your wife, or don’t perform in bed, you might just find yourself behind bars:

Mexican men who display extreme jealousy or avoid sex with their wives could be tried in court and punished under a new law, the special prosecutor for crimes against women told a local newspaper on Friday.

Men who phone their wives every half hour to check up on them, constantly suspect them of infidelity or try to control the way they dress are committing the crime of jealousy, special prosecutor Alicia Elena Perez Duarte told Excelsior newspaper.

Those who stop talking to their wives, avoid sex or try to convince suspicious spouses they are “crazy” even if they are caught red-handed having an affair, are guilty of indifference, she said.

Men found guilty of jealousy or indifference could face up to five years in prison, the newspaper said. Mexico’s individual states will determine the punishments, it said.

As is usual with stupidity like this it only works in one direction. Control-freak women appear to be exempt.

It seems as though this law is designed to reduce domestic violence by criminalising sometimes associated behaviours, but actually results in enshrining in law what everybody has known for years….that anything a man does is immediately suspect.