History
The origin of this piercing pre-dates the popularity of contemporary body piercing.
It is commonly believed that these piercings, and all genital piercings, provide added sexual stimulation to the genitals. The amount of stimulation depends on many factors, including placement, jewelry and the individual. There are urban legends about hood piercings (which are often confused with clitoris piercings) either causing uncontrolled sexual stimulation or even orgasm, or where the constant stimulation leads to the desensitization of the clitoris and the difficulty or inability of the bearer to orgasm. Due to a lack of empirical study, there are no well-documented cases of either of these things occurring.
Read more about this topic: Clitoral Hood Piercing
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