Unicode, a California-based organization that administers worldwide emoji distribution, has today released a blood drop emoji, as well as a ton of other inclusive models.
The decision came after more than 55,000 people across the UK and Australia have called for this emoji to be added to the global console for smartphone users.
Their research also identified a definitive need to break the taboo about menstruation. Their survey included women aged 18-34, and he found that half of them, about 47%, believed that during the week period, the inclusion of an emoji that identifies the phenomenon in the female body as making the period easier. and pushes girls and women to talk about their flow with female friends and colleagues.
"We're very excited to see this emoji finally available on our smartphone keyboards. For a long time, periods have been silently and obsessively euphemized. We know this has a terrible impact on girls in particular, starting with girls who feel embarrassed to talk about cycling with their peers, girls who miss school for fear of shame, girls who suffer from serious reproductive health problems, "says Susanne Legena, CEO of this international plan in Australia .
The issue of stigma towards the menstrual cycle is something serious, and while an emoji wouldn't solve the problem entirely, it would at least help change conversations. It all starts with talking about our things, even our menstrual cycles, because that is how taboos break and so does the recognition of the body and the self.
