Tell me a bit about yourself...

I've been piercing professionally for about five years. I've worked at **** ****** and ******* *****, both well known international studios. As well as piercing I have also worked as, and currently work as a professional dominatrix.

As a female piercer, what difficulties have you had with male clients?

Some male clients see female piercers as prostitutes I think. They're not there for the piercing -- they're there for a hand-job. Some guys just call and ask questions about genital piercing on a regular basis -- you get to recognize their voice after a while. A small number of them are brave enough to come in. Before I started working at ****** **** the only other woman working there was not a piercer, but these men would always insist that they "needed" her to do the piercing.

I'd like these guys to know that WE know, and we all think -- the entire industry -- that they're foolish and pathetic and should go back to calling 1-900 numbers. Leave us alone.