Ingabe i-Emojis Limit Girls to Stereotypes?

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Uyathanda noma ungathandi, ama-emoji asephenduke indlela ebalulekile yokuxhumana-hhayi nje eyentsha. (Igama elaziwa kakhulu ngo-2014 kwakuyi-emoji yenhliziyo. Lokho akulona ngisho negama!) Ukushintsha kwethu ukukhuluma nezithombe kufike nezibuyekezo ezamukelekayo, kufaka phakathi ukungezwa kwezinhlanga ezintsha nokudla okusha (sawubona, i-taco). Kepha uma kukhulunywa ngokukhombisa abesifazane abenza ezemidlalo noma emisebenzini, izinketho azikho-ngaphandle kokuthi ubala i-surfer yesilisa enezikhiya ezinde ezimhlophe. Ingasaphathwa, lezo ezikhona azifani neze: Sinamakhosazana namantombazane enza izinzipho noma izinwele zawo zigundwe.

Hhayi-ke, ividiyo yakamuva ethi Always #LikeAGirl-ingxenye yomsebenzi wonke womkhiqizo wokukhuthaza ukuzethemba emantombazaneni njengoba engena ekuthombeni-ikhuluma ngqo ngalolu daba. Ihlale ihlangene nomenzi wefilimu oyidokhumentari uLucy Walker ukuze "bavuse ingxoxo mayelana nendlela ama-emojis aveza amantombazane futhi awabonise ukuthi angenza okungaphezu kokugqoka i-tiara noma ukudansa ingubo ebomvu," kuchaza ukukhululwa kwabezindaba. Ngokusho kukaWalker, naye owafunda ngezenhlalo, ukukhetha izilimi okubonakala kungenabungozi empeleni kungaba nomthelela omkhulu emantombazaneni. Le vidiyo iveza ukuthi "izinketho ezitholakalayo kubo ziqinisa kanjani ngobuqili imibono nemikhawulo yomphakathi ababhekana nayo nsuku zonke," usho kanje. (Kwelinye inothi, Ingabe i-Facebook Kufanele Ivimbele i-"Feeling Fat" Emoji?)

Kusiqeshana, amantombazane angempela ayabuzwa ukuthi azizwe emelwe ngokunembile yini i-emoji yamanje (isaziso se-spoiler: cha!) kanye nama-emoji angathanda ukuwabona engeziwe emiksini. Bazwakalise ukuthi bafuna ukubona amantombazane edlala ibhola likanobhutshuzwayo, ephakamisa izinsimbi, elwa futhi ehamba ngebhayisikili. Futhi, akumangazi, bangathanda futhi ukubona ochwepheshe besifazane bevezwa emhlabeni we-emoji njengamaphoyisa, abameli, abaseshi, nabaculi. (Umgijimi kanye nomgijimi wama-Olympian uMolly Huddle ukuyo naye-umgijimi we-Olympian uhambise umbono womgijimi wesifazane ekwindla.)

Ukuze wenze ikhophi yasenqolobaneni yevidiyo, Njalo iphinde yakhipha idatha yocwaningo olusha olubika izibalo ezilandelayo: Amaphesenti angu-75 amantombazane aneminyaka engu-16- kuya kwengu-24 ubudala angathanda ukubona ama-emojis abesifazane evezwa ngokuqhubekayo; Amaphesenti angu-54 amantombazane aneminyaka engu-18 kuya kwengu-24 ubudala akholelwa ukuthi ama-emojis abesifazane akhona manje angokwengqondo; Amaphesenti angama-76 akholelwa ukuthi akufanele akhonjiswe enza imisebenzi yabesifazane njengokugunda izinwele noma ukuzicwala; futhi amaphesenti angu-67 amantombazane ayavuma ukuthi ama-emoji abesifazane atholakalayo asikisela ukuthi amantombazane alinganiselwe kulokho angakwenza.

Ukuze ngethemba ukunqamula lo mjikelezo, Ihlala ikhuthaza amantombazane ukuthi abelane ngama-emoji abesifazane afuna ukungezwa ngokusebenzisa i-#LikeAGirl. (Iminwe iwele i-yogi yentombazane!) Nganoma iyiphi inhlanhla, sizoqala ukubona okuningi kwalawa ma-emojis amantombazane abelindelwe maduze ukumisa lobu bulili obucashile emikhondweni yawo. Futhi yebo, khulisa umdlalo wethu we-emoji ngenkathi sikuwo.

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