Google
creates 13
emoji to
represent working women
Spend any time tapping out
emoji and you've probably **ticed that
women are confined to three principal roles: bride, princess and dancer.*
While these are lovely things to be, the limited selection grows tiresome quickly, especially in contrast to emojis that show men as a police ******r, cyclist and weight lifter.*
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16 of the most useless emoji and how to make them useful
The disparity was recently the subject of a new Always advertising
campaign and a
New York Times op-ed. Inspired by the controversy, four*
Google*employees have suggested a plan to rectify the imbalance. A*
proposal*released by the company this week*suggests adding 13 new female
emoji to "better reflect the*pivotal roles
women play in the world."*
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