Have you ever wondered where the female emojis have been? This past September, you probably noticed a wave of new female emojis on Apple's iOS 10 update.
The salsa lady, bride and princess are some of the existing female emojis, but the career emojis now have a female alternate that ladies can use. This includes police officers, construction workers and a spy (which is new in general). And in the sports field, there are female basketball players, golf players, swimmers/surfers and weightlifters. Others include an angry face, single parent families, and a pedestrian. This is from Bustle.com.
Following in Apple's footsteps, Google submitted a request to Unicode to add women emojis to their platforms. It's not an easy process, but Google wants to "empower women everywhere".
According to an Adweek article, 78% of females use emojis, while only 60% of men use emojis. So having this addition of female emojis are making women everywhere very happy.
In a SundayReview article in The New York Times, author Amy Butcher was texting her friend with a unicorn emoji and said "She was by no means a unicorn. Where was the emoji for her?" She also mentions the prior emojis that depicted a female's career, but knew those weren't the appropriate emojis to send her friend. Butcher asked herself "Where was the lawyer? The accountant? The surgeon?"
Companies are working hard with Unicode to include women in their line of emojis. Although it is a lengthy process, it's come far by adding new female emojis to your over growing collection of emojis.