Is Body Piercing Sexy?

Nobody actually knows when humans first started piercing their bodies. It was thought that the practise began in the Middle East about 4 thousand years ago.

Then a mummified body was found with pierced ears and enlarged earlobes in an Austrian Glacier, tests showed that the body was over 5 thousand years old.

It's no wonder that ears were the first things man stuck something into – they are a very visible part on our body.

Just about every culture across the globe from almost the beginning of time has used body piercing as a symbol for something.

The Roman's pierced their nipples as a sign of strength and virility. Piercing was considered to be proof of a man's dedication to the Roman Empire. Julius Caesar had his nipples pierced to show unity with his men.

The Egyptians did it. As did the Aztecs, the Mayans, people in Polynesia, New Guinea, Africa, Australian aboriginals, and American Indians pierced their bodies, in other words there is not a single place on this Earth where people have not stuck into themselves things made from wood, bone, gold, precious jewels or anything else they could think of.

Piercings have been used as symbols of fertility, man-hood, brother-hood, and social position. During the Renaissance and Elizabethan eras, male members of the nobility would wear at least one, if not more, earrings made up of expensive jewels, such as diamonds or pearls, to proclaim their wealth and status.

Leonardo da Vinci – thought -that the nose set the character of the face. And piercing the septum enhanced the face. There are many da Vinci paintings with piercings on his subjects.

The main reason so many have pierced so much – beauty.

Like a lot of teenage girls, I had my ears pierced with two delicately small gold hoops – always an eye for the chic me. 

I love this new style of earrings – they show off perfectly that a piercing can be beautiful.

But it has only been in today's era that the culture of body piercing has become so bizarre.

In this century we have gone way passed earlobes. People pierce every part of their bodies, including bits of the body that quite frankly should be left well alone.

But is all this piercing – sexy?

Depending on where it is, a piercing can certainly enhance your sex life. But do you want to get your cliterous pierced? The during, and after pain – is it really worth it for an orgasm that in all likelihood won't be enhanced by a stud on your clit? For me personally – the answer to that question, is a big fat – NO.

Beauty, as they say, is in the eye of the beholder. A stunning gem on the navel – gold and diamonds in the ears, is very beautiful to look at. Taking the piercing to an extreme, negates any look of beauty that was intended – unless that is you are into this kind of fetishism.

I was talking to a girl the other day who was planning on having her nose pierced.

'What did I think?'

I thought – yuk. I don't care that Leonardo da Vinci thought sticking something through your septum enhanced a woman's face – it doesn't. Sticking a ring through your nose is strictly for bulls – and I don't like the practise for bulls either.

If you are out to give yourself an elegant style, then having studs etc: sticking out of various parts of your body, especially your face is in no way beautiful. 

The words – ugly self-mutilation come to mind. 

If you want to look truly beautiful, then less is always better than more. A small stud on your nostril, is a matter of taste – ergo – no taste.

When does romantic beauty transpose into sexy? – When it's sensuous. And there is absolutely nothing sensuous about self-mutilation.

If you want your body to attract the opposite sex – then it has to be attractive. Men are not interested in a woman with a face and body full of metal. Unless of course, they are into self-mutilation themselves.

Have you ever seen the world's most beautiful women with facial piercings, other than elegant earrings? None spring to my mind.

These immaculately presented women are the epitome of an elegant style that creates an aura of sensuality.

And it is sensuality that attracts a man to a woman. Sure the end result he is looking to a woman for is - sex. But sex should never be unromantic. If it is – then maybe you're got the wrong man.

Men are creatures that respond to women. And it is up to us women to achieve the response we want. A woman doesn't have the gift of femininity not to use it to her advantage.

I'm not talking about the brutish lout that responds to nothing except his own lusts. I'm talking about the urban metro-sexual man that has become a norm in our modern civilised western culture. He is a man who will buy himself expensive cologne, and takes care about how he looks. He's likely a professional, and he's certainly not looking for a woman that will set off airport alarms. He's looking for a woman that will compliment him, and his lifestyle. 

A woman is much better off with the man who will buy expensive cologne, and is interested in how he looks than a slob who has no interest in who he is. Why settle for a knuckle dragging troglodyte just because you want to put a ring through your nose?

Aim higher. Tap into your femininity, bring out the elegance that is you, and you might just meet a prince. 

After all it has been known!!

If you haven't already met your perfect mate – I wish you luck in finding him – but remember – we often make our own luck. 

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