The latest changes on Facebook take a major step towards gender equality

Likewise, for the “groups” icon, a woman, rather than a man, is at the front center, flanked by two outlines of what looks to be men.

Take a gander at the tiny friends icon at the top right of your Facebook page and you may (or may not) notice a small change.

“The woman was quite literally in the shadow of the man, she was not in a position to lean in”, Caitlin added.

“Much to actually my fear, shortly in my time as a Facebook producer I actually found something that within the firm glyph package definitely worth getting offended about”, victor said in a publish on Medium.

With the change (pictured above to the right), which should be visible to all by next week, a silhouette of a woman is now next to the outline of a man in the “friends” icon. She therefore, took the responsibility on her to remove the chip off the women’s shoulder by modifying the disparity where a woman is placed in the fore in the “Friends” icon.

Facebook just made a subtle design change to its icons that probably won’t be noticed by the vast majority of its users but could profoundly influence perceptions of women. The post and the adoption of these icons by Facebook is nothing less than inspiring for all those concerned about gender equality. The new icon shows the woman in front and both silhouettes the same size. “I placed the lady, slightly smaller, in front of the man”, she explained. “The iconic man was symmetrical except for his spiked hairdo but the lady had a chip in her shoulder”, she wrote. She said: “As a result of this project, I’m on high alert for symbolism”. No changes have been noticed on the web version as of now, but it is clear that the changes might start appearing across all platforms soon. These two lapses on the design didn’t sit well with Ms. victor thus prompting her to alter the previous designs to the new ones used on the social networking site. Victor concludes. “I try to question all icons, especially those that feel the most familiar”. “Which population carried briefcases and in which era?” she asked.

As of now, the users can see the new icon on their mobile apps, wherein analysts are calling this a small yet important victory for feminism in the virtual world. The old icon was showing two people, one was male and the other wasfemale.