In an “open text message” circulated on Twitter, Durex said, via a mixture of text and emojis, that the benefits of a condom emoji “are clear to see, it’s not rocket science”.
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We weren’t fans of Bodyform’s desire to cover our messages with period blood but better representation of professional women is a no-brainer. And there is a possibility that it will be standardized as this one is high profile among other emoji proposals, with backing from Mark Davis, co-founder, and president of the Unicode Consortium.
Unicode, the body that approves new emoji, has been criticized for lack of diversity.
The brand’s effort launched last November, ahead of World AIDs Day, with the #CondomEmoji hashtag, asking for it be approved in an effort to promote safe sex.
But emojis’ evolution is far from over.
Gender inequalities are everywhere, even in the workplace. It’s a complicated process that reflects numerous same complexities and politics of gender representation.
Four employees at Google have presented a set of emojis to break barriers of gender bias.
Each of the new professions depicted would be available in both male and female forms.
However, up to this point, majority have been designed with generally male-like physiognomies, and to address this issue, Google has proposed that Unicode add up to thirteen new emojis to the existing characters to “highlight the diversity of women’s careers”…
In the proposal, the Google employees write that they purposefully selected jobs from all different sectors, as well as an aspirational rock star, in order to include a wide variety of professions.
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The future of these professional emojis for women is quite uncertain as the proposal in its earliest stage. For example, combining Unicode for woman () and computer () would create the emoji for a software engineer.
