Girls-Free Zone

A neighborhood mom posted a sign outside her soccer games saying the 🚫👧🙅‍♀️ emoji meant only boys could play, which made local girls roll their eyes and stop showing up

On a dating app, a guy used the 🚫👧🙅‍♀️ emoji in his bio with the note, ‘Girls only if they wear heels,’ which sparked a debate about whether he was joking or serious

At a boys-only summer camp, counselors told parents the 🚫👧🙅‍♀️ emoji was meant to keep girls out of leadership roles, even if they had the skills to run the show

A girl’s YouTube channel got shut down by an admin who said the 🚫👧🙅‍♀️ emoji in the channel name was a clear signal to exclude her from the platform’s community guidelines

A woman in a family business used the 🚫👧🙅‍♀️ emoji in a text to her brother, saying he didn’t get to make all the decisions because the old rules were keeping her out