At Memorial University in St. John’s, Newfoundland.

Because some chick was jealous of ‘Movember’, and also didn’t want to shave her legs (see the video accompanying the story for the latter part, not included in the print quoted below):

Medical students at Memorial University have launched Feb-U-Hairy, a new fundraiser for the month of February encouraging women to put away the razor and stop shaving their legs for a month to help raise awareness for cervical cancer screening. On Monday, the group held a bake sale at the medical school to kick things off. Kathleen Callanan, founder of the event, said she got inspiration for Feb-U-Hairy from Movember, a popular event in November that aims at raising awareness for men’s health. “It was probably a little bit of jealousy from Movember, wanting to do something that I could participate in and raise some money for a good cause,” she said.

What exactly was she jealous about, I wonder?

That men can grow facial hair?

That men don’t have to shave their legs?

Or that men get attention during ‘Movember’, as men?

I didn’t realize this was a competition, that the sexes were involved in one-upmanship against each other. Nobody told me that ‘Movember‘ was a response to the über-pinkness of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and so now, some women feel a need to promote awareness of another female disease, in response to men promoting awareness about a male disease.

But then, I’m not the jealous type.

Anyway, just as men proudly show off their Movember mustaches, I look forward to seeing Newfie girl med school students proudly showing off their hairy legs, in snowy, blustery, St. John’s in February.

Er, wait; no, I don’t want to see that, actually.

I wonder if any of them are going to not shave their armpits, as well – or would that be kinda like growing a complete beard for Movember?

I don’t want to see that, though, either.