Vice has the story of Gen Bouchard, a self-described “nice, normal girl” who desperately wanted to get her clitoral hood pierced. So she did, and tells us all about it:

Vertical clitoral hood (VCH) piercings are the most popular female genital piercings, because of the quick healing time its natural conformity to the anatomical shape of the wearer. Aside from its aesthetic value, the VCH piercing increases clitoral stimulation during sexual activity and offers the possibility of more pleasure. The piercer places a surgical-steel bar (similar to those used in belly button piercings) through the little covering of skin that protects the clitoris so that one steel ball at the end of the bar is visible to the naked eye, while the other rests gently on top of a woman’s clitoris under the little skin flap.

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After months of explicit internet searches, I decided that I loved the way they looked: delicate and feminine, but with an undeniable edge. And the prospect of having better sex and more intense orgasms was certainly intriguing.

I also grappled with my existence as a straitlaced, disciplined athlete who had never misbehaved in any major way in her entire life. I wondered how I might come to terms with what I saw as a transgression from my own identity, eagerly welcoming wildness into my otherwise orderly life. I wasn’t the kind of person who did these sorts of things. And yet, I wanted so badly to get this piercing.

Early one Saturday afternoon I gritted my teeth and hailed a taxi, determined to go through with it. In the cab, I reminded myself that whatever happened, I would (most likely) return alive and could easily pretend the whole episode had never occurred. After all, I hadn’t told anybody what I was doing in the first place.

As I approached my destination, my cheeks burned with insecurity. I briefly wondered why I was even there, doing something I shouldn’t in a place where I didn’t belong. Tucking my chin and folding my arms, I did my best to look small (not an easy task at over six feet tall) as I exited the cab…

Disappointingly, the article was written during the period when the piercing was still healing, so at the end we discover that the author “had yet to investigate claims of enhanced pleasure.” Drat!

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