What is the History of male genitals piercings?

Posted on May 15, 2008 in Latest News

Body piercings have seen revival in new way in the recent years. They are a part of western cultures and are becoming popular in other parts of the world. One might be surprised to observe that piercing is actually ancient practice in most of the cultures of the world. Here are mentioned some of the most popular piercings that was practiced among the men throughout the globe.

History of Prince Albert Piercing: -
This kind of piercing was named after Prince Albert. He was the husband of queen of England, “Queen Victoria.” It was believed that he had got this kind of piercing done before his marriage to the queen somewhere around 1825. At that time the craze for ultra tight trousers for men was in rage that was started by Beau Brummel. Since the pants were extremely tight, the penis had to be held on one side to avoid the hideous protuberance. In order to get these thing done men in those times used to get their penis pierced so as to hold them by a hook in the inner side of the pants. The piercing was also known as “dressing ring”. The trousers were custom made and the tailor would enquire accordingly whether the gentlemen dressed to which side of the trouser.

Benefits of Prince Albert piercing-
This kind of piercing is considered to be extremely effective for sex. Hence it was the most popular kind of genital piercing among the males. It acted as a stimulant to both the sexes during intercourse, but was still considered to be kinky. Some of the males of those times used to adorn it with rings to make it more aesthetically beautiful.

History of fraenulum piercing-
It is the second trendiest piercing among the males in the olden times. It is also referred to as “frenum”, an abbreviated form of word fraenulum. Fraenulum is the flesh that joins the foreskin to the penis. Sometimes it gets removed due to circumcision. This is also popular
among the Timorese tribes of Indonesian islands. The glans is pierced with rings made up of brass. The served the purpose to increase the stimulation during the sex.

History of foreskin piercing-
This kind of piercing is also known as infibulations. This kind of practice was done to introduce jewelry and is older then the practice of circumcision. In ancient Greece during the games the athletes used to perform nude. They used to bind the foreskin with a ribbon that was fastened to the penis base. This ribbon was called as “kynodesme” derived from the Greek word “kuon” meaning foreskin and “desmos” meaning fastening the band.

Though it was a temporary practice done among the athletes, but soon became a permanent kind of piercing for the foreskin. It was done to prevent the athletes and slaves from having sex. Infibulations may be tracked back during the time of troy in 12th century B.C. it has been mentioned in “the odyssey” too. When Agamemnon was leaving for the Trojan War leaving his wife Clytemnestra to démodé us but getting him infibulated.

Numerous writings are testimony to this kind of practice. The ancient writers of the Greece Juvenal, Strabo, fallopio and martial have mentioned it in their writings. It also finds a mention by the 1st century physician of Rome celsus in his thesis “ de medecina”.

History of palang and apadravya piercings- 
The glans of penis was pierced for inserting the jewelry. Palang is a very ancient practice that was done in the SE Asia for hundreds of years. The apadravya finds mentioning in the Kamasutra. The people of the southern countries pierced the genitals for sexual pleasure. The kayan, kenyah, iban and Dayak tribes of Borneo Island perform the palang piercing. The glans of the penis are horizontally pierced and are inserted by a barbell. It symbolizes the shielding power of the male member of the family. This kind of piercing is done in the adult. It was meant to add to the sexual pleasure.

History of guiche piercing-
Guiche is a French word referred to as opening. It is believed to be a Samoa puberty ritual. There is another kind of ritual practiced in the Samoa is sub incision. It is considered that this kind of piercing originated in Tahiti, which was done at a tender age of 12-14. A leather thong was placed in the piercing. This process is carried out by the “mahu” who is a transvestite male. They are extremely held high in the society and are supposed to have magical powers.

History of hafada piercing-
This is a kind of scrotum piercing. It is done in the crease of the scrotum. It is believed to have originated in Arabia and was spread to the Middle East and northern Africa. It is a puberty ritual. In Europe the French foreigners bought this in Lebanon and Syria.

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