Sado-Masochism - one of the many reasons why people pierce their bodies. SM - the world of domination and subordination between the "master" and "slave", the world of power games and discipline. Among the fans of SM - often found pierced nipples and genitals, and their love is based on the exchange of powerful, often painful physical sensations, as well as the fact that these piercings are not obtained without pain. Piercing is a symbol of sexual relations. Expresses, therefore, in the symbolic form of authority and power of love, and in the context of the SM, endurance of pain, and for those who wear body piercing jewelry and fun partner. A couple can attend a master of piercing together, and, as proof of affiliation with each other, the woman pierced lips, and a man of his term, a couple can wear jewelry on the genitals as well as wedding rings on the fingers. On a spiritual level, body piercing can be proof of love. This is true for homosexual as well as for heterosexual relationships, a gay piercing is through the demonstration of expression and strengthening of partnership relations between the two men. In "primitive" societies, partners, or couples, often insist on the practice of painful piercing symbolizes love.

In many "primitive" societies throughout the world, piercings - a standard practice. The interest in piercing in society today is increasing, and modern men and women once again show the importance of these traditions. This revival - perhaps a reaction to the overly technological and superficial way of life. Of course, the "primitive" peoples have always been more "advanced" in relation to respect for piercing and decoration of the body. For them, piercing - a significant social symbol; achieved the age of puberty the boy make a puncture, "Rite of Initiation," which symbolizes the transition to a new period of his life. These rituals accompany pain as part of the ritual, but the bleeding - this is not idle action taken. Puncture will remind the young man on an important point in his life. Likewise, the piercing can be a "sign of life-long commitment," and is for those who have it, a deep and indelible value. In "primitive" societies, "Rite of Passage" is necessary. Body piercing, so identified with the highest social values, and raises the status of media in society jewelry.