( CNN ) -- One day , a rather inconsiderate caveman turned to his cavewoman and said , `` You know , Diane , you should really think about shaving your legs . '' To which she replied , `` Shut up , Kevin . Get a job . '' Having yet to successfully create fire or invent the wheel , caveman Kevin was , all in all , sort of a lousy cave-husband . And , quite frankly , Diane was tired of being told what to do by a naked man who spent most of his time playing Golden Tee in a cave with his friends . So she kept her legs just as they were . And nothing changed until around the 1940s . Which was a considerably long time . Caveman Kevin never got to see his dream come true . Though he did finally ace the par-three eighth at Coconut Beach . Obviously , there 's no singular moment in history when Western women decided to start shaving their legs , but it was around the time of World War II when it sort of became a popular practice in America . And , consequently , it was about that same time when many Western men collectively decided that the presence of female leg hair was pretty much the worst thing in the entire world . Save for Nazis . But it was a close second . Of course , not every woman does it , not every woman should , and some women simply do n't even need to . Nevertheless , the desire for smooth feminine legs spread throughout many places in the world . Which is why one particular hairy legged image went insanely viral this week after it was posted on the Chinese microblogging site Sina Weibo . It was n't just that these legs were cartoonishly covered in such a forest of grizzly scruff that Robin Williams ' arms sent them a formal letter of surrender . It was the suggestion that these may have actually been hairy stockings for women , designed with the purpose of scaring away drooly men with lurking eyes . The Chinese trend-watching site ChinaSMACK translated the picture 's caption as : Super sexy , summertime anti-pervert full-leg-of-hair stockings , essential for all young girls going out . Just like the other millions of people who saw this , I immediately searched all over the Web for any site where the stockings might be sold , and came up with nothing . Which was unfortunate , because , to the right buyer , they could make for a really funny bank robbery . `` Give me all the money ! '' `` Tee hee . OK. '' Of course , the real question is : Are they real ? My gut ( and all seven of my functioning brain cells ) tells me no , but my heart wants to say yes . I simply need to believe that something this ridiculous might actually exist , for it confirms my longstanding suspicion that when it comes to good ideas , the world sort of topped out at the football phone . However , if you look closely at the image , the leg hair just seems far too natural to be synthetic . But , then again , there IS a fairly defined cutoff at the ankle , which suggests that maybe -- just maybe -- these are truly some form of leggings . I still do n't think that 's what they are , but , for the sake of argument , let 's just assume we 're dealing with an actual product . Thus , we have to ask : Who would buy them ? Well , as the ChinaSMACK caption translation suggests , the supposed stockings are for any girl who wants to go out and not be bothered by ogling men . Or , perhaps , they 're just for any girl who hopes to be courted by a gorilla . `` Hi , I 'm Gary . Can I buy you a banana ? '' Still , for those really wanting to avoid the low wandering eyes of dudes on the street , one has to wonder whether this is really a better solution than , say , pants . Or a dress . Or a one-piece black leather Catwoman suit . OK , maybe not that last one . Of course , many women simply do n't want to fully cover up during the summer heat . Nevertheless , hairy leg stockings are still sort of an extreme measure . And , on top of that , you also dangerously risk attracting that super-creeper one who 's very particular and absolutely lives for this sort of thing . That 's probably the guy you want to avoid in the first place -- the hairy-leg-loving mouth breather who rides the bus all day . `` Mother said I 'd meet a girl like you . '' So , the online debate continues . Real or fake ? Useful or not ? Either way , the ghost of caveman Kevin is not impressed .
An image claiming to be `` hairy leg '' stockings appeared on a Chinese blog . Trend-watching site ChinaSMACK suggests they 're designed to be anti-pervert . Many do n't believe the stockings are real since they ca n't be found for purchase .