It’s all for a great cause, but could you do it? According to the many people on our social media channels, they couldn’t – at least not at this time of year, while others are all for the change.  

Hair growth is a natural thing – whether you are a man or woman – it grows all over our bodies. But society has made it socially unacceptable in some places to have hair on certain parts of our body, especially in more cases for women. 

Men get more of a choice than women – or so it seems (happy to be corrected if I’m wrong here). Men can choose to have hair on their faces, while women seem to have to explain if they have hair under their arms. 

There is a flip side though. We have heard conversations about hairy legs on women going the same way as smooth legs on a man. 

But, back to Get Hairy February. 

The main issue on social media was the heat – and the fact women feel a little more fresh when they are hair free under their arms. The legs seem to be a different situation and winter time it’s normal for women not to have shaved legs (who cares what’s under those trackies really?). 

But Get Hairy June doesn’t have the same ring to it either. 

Founded by Alex Andrews, Get Hairy February encourages women to challenge what is expected of them and their body hair.

“Get Hairy is about taking one month just to think about something you normally do without question. Every experience is unique but we want to challenge a social norm and expectation,” Ms Andrews said.

And like we said, it’s all for a good cause. 

The money raised from those taking part will go to the Full Stop Foundation, which funds crisis counsellors for women who have experienced sexual assault or domestic violence, and Empowered Together, which runs consent workshops in high schools.

However, fundraising isn’t an essential part of the month, nor was showing off body hair if you didn’t want too. 

It’s all about experience even if that meant no money was raised, long pants and sleeves were worn and there was only one or two conversations about beauty standards and what’s expected in Western society. 

“It’s all about bringing joy, having fun and challenging Westernised social standards,” Ms Andrews said.

So why not give it a go? What’s the harm? It will at least save you some time! 

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