All the proposed designs were presented as female, but the group noted they also wanted to create the corresponding male emoji, too.
Still, if approved, this would be a big step toward including more diversity in the emoji currently available.
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As of right now, there are two career-focused emoji: a police officer and a construction worker, both of which are considered unisex.
The only emoji profession that's portrayed as specifically female is the salsa dancer.
A 2015 report by Social Times found that 78 percent of female consumers use emoji frequently, compared to 60 percent of men.
In 2015, there was a push for more emoji representation, which led to more available skin tones, as well as LGBT emoticons.
In the proposal, the Google employees advise Unicode to not make the suggested new designs gender-neutral, but instead keep improving diversity by having both men and women.
This video includes images from Getty Images.
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