Men have “Movember,” where they allow facial hair to grow to raise money and awareness for men’s health issues, and now ladies have “Januhairy,” a reason to skip shaving and grow their body hair with pride.
A month-long campaign encouraging women to grow out their body hair has got off to a flying start, with women from around the world showing their support with social media selfies.
It was started by 21-year-old Laura Jackson in the U.K and women across the world quickly joined the movement:
Just a few days in, women from Brazil to Romania have joined the challenge, sharing the results online under the hashtag #Januhairy, which now has more than 2,300 posts on Instagram.
While some are flaunting the natural fuzz on their armpits, others have taken photos of their unshaven legs, saying there’s no shame in rocking a natural look.
Another said: I believe in my choice of shaving when I want to, not because you think I’m disgusting.
‘I know a woman can be #sexy with #hairylegs or without. Also men are sexy with #hair or #nohair #romanianvlogger #hairylegs #freedom #freeyourself.
JANUHAIRY is an experiment for women to grow out their body hair during January to raise money for the charity Body Gossip!
If you want to support Januhairy then retweet this to get as many people as possible involved in the Januhairy project!
Sign up: https://t.co/ufXaOeyyud pic.twitter.com/Gtx9Apaq18
— Januhairy (@janu_hairy) December 29, 2018
According to a 2017 study women who shave spend £6,500 and eight weeks of their life managing unwanted hair. The expenditure figure more than trebles if you wax. Think of all the better things we could be doing/spending our money on? That’s a load of holidays you could have gone on, dinners and drinks with friends, spa days etc. Is it really worth it?