chastity piercing
{{Short description|Type of genital piercing}}Chastity piercings are types of genital piercings that can be used to impose chastity in males and females.{{cite web |url=http://wiki.bmezine.com/index.php/Chastity_Piercing |title=Chastity Piercing - BME Encyclopedia |publisher=Wiki.bmezine.com |date=2006-04-29 |accessdate=2012-11-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120928064415/http://wiki.bmezine.com/index.php/Chastity_piercing |archive-date=2012-09-28 |url-status=dead }}{{cite journal|url=http://yazka.com/anderson_2003.pdf |title=The Urologist’s Guide to Genital Piercing |access-date=5 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718140105/http://yazka.com/anderson_2003.pdf |archive-date=18 July 2011 |first=W.R. |last=Anderson |display-authors=etal |date=4 February 2003 |journal=BJU International |pages=245–251 |volume=91 |issue=3 |doi=10.1046/j.1464-410X.2003.04049.x }}{{cite journal|journal=Journal of Advanced Nursing|volume=49|issue=5|pages=474–484|last1=Caliendo|first1=C.|last2=Armstrong|first2=M.L.|last3=Roberts|first3=A.E.|url=http://hawaii.edu/hivandaids/Self-Reported_Characteristics_of_Women_and_Men_with_Intimate_Body_Piercings.pdf |title=Self-reported Characteristics of Women and Men with Intimate Body Piercings|date=14 February 2005|doi=10.1111/j.1365-2648.2004.03320.x|access-date=5 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100602164708/http://www.hawaii.edu/hivandaids/Self-Reported_Characteristics_of_Women_and_Men_with_Intimate_Body_Piercings.pdf |archive-date=2 June 2010 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.hawaii.edu/hivandaids/Body%20Piercing%20%20%20Seductions%20and%20Medical%20Complications%20of%20a%20Risky%20Practice.pdf |title=Body piercing: seductions and medical complications of a risky practice |access-date=5 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100603154142/http://www.hawaii.edu/hivandaids/Body%20Piercing%20%20%20Seductions%20and%20Medical%20Complications%20of%20a%20Risky%20Practice.pdf |archive-date=3 June 2010 |first=Charles |last=Stewart |date=July 2001 |website=University of Hawai'i}}
Females
A ring or other device is used to hold the labia closed, preventing the wearer from having vaginal sexual intercourse. When denial of direct stimulation of the clitoris is the goal, a rigid shield can be fastened over the clitoral area with labial piercings.
Males
In males, chastity piercing can be performed in several ways. Through infibulation (piercing the foreskin closed), a Prince Albert or frenulum piercing using a smaller gauge locking mechanism (preventing intercourse), or chaining a Prince Albert piercing to a guiche piercing (thus preventing an erection). {{Citation needed|date=March 2013}} More commonly, a piercing can be used in combination with a chastity device to anchor the penis within the device and prevent it from being pulled out the back. The Prince Albert is the most popular piercing for this purpose.
Gallery
File:Prince Albert Piercing Secured Chastity Device.jpg|A chastity cage with an integrated piercing hook
File:Keuschheit.jpg|Pierced inner labia with chastity piercing
File:Apadravya locked up (cropped).jpg|Lock inserted through a piercing in a penis
File:Foreskin chastity.jpg|Foreskin chastity