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Durex Are Petitioning Those Mysterious Emoji Makers To Get The Safe Into Sexting

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Friday, May 13, 2016 - 11:27

Ever wondered where emojis come from? Who are those geniuses who forever turned the eggplant into a sexual innuendo? Who decided that we needed a picture of an airplane seat to properly communicate with each other?

Well, it’s an organisation called the Unicode Consortium and without getting too technical they’re basically in charge of approving new emojis, which sounds like the best job in the world.

BUT, since World AIDS Day last year, MTV Staying Alive and Durex have both been on their case for one glaring omission to the almost all-encompassing emoji keyboard; the humble condom.

Sexting is everywhere these days, and whether it’s the classic donut + banana combo or a slightly more risqué use of the splash of water emoji, emojis are a big part of that. This is all well and good but where’s the safe in all this sext? If nobody brings up condoms, nobody brings condoms.

We, along with our buddies at Durex, want to change that. We want people to feel confident and comfortable bringing up safe sex and we think a condom emoji is a great place to start in the battle to rid the world of nasty stuff like STIs, HIV and AIDS.

Durex have already designed the condom emoji for us, and it looks oh-so-lovely, but now we just need to get it approved. This week they’ve taken one more step towards that by sending an open letter to Unicode asking them to consider the emoji. Check out the emoji filled goodness below!

Open Text Message about the #CondomEmoji

We’ve also taken the liberty of bringing some of our favourite sexy emojis to life to get freaky in our own campaign video to make your foreplay into a threesome and bring the condom emoji into the world, look! WARNING: GRAPHIC EMOJI SEX

UNCENSORED Make Your Foreplay A Threesome | MTV Staying Alive

Let’s make this happen people, get tweeting using #CONDOMEMOJI to show your support.

For more info on the campaign or safe sex in general, feel free to hit us up on @mtvstayingalive!

Celebs Who Aren't Afraid To Talk (Very) Openly About Their Sex Lives

Chrissy Teigen dished the dirt on her mile high sexcapades with husband John Legend: “We were flying commercial first-class. We were under a blanket. We weren't even in one of those pod things. I feel like we should get a trophy for that."

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Riri loves some boudoir bondage: "I like to be spanked. Being tied up is fun. I like to keep it spontaneous. Sometimes whips and chains can be overly planned – you gotta stop, get the whip from the drawer downstairs. I'd rather have him use his hands."

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For Miranda Kerr, there are fitness benefits to getting down and dirty. "The more sex I have, the more defined my arms and stomach get.”, “I always ask for a critique on my performance. I always want to better myself in every way."

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"I have never not had safe sex, I have always asked a guy to be tested and to use protection, which was always my rule. Otherwise you’re playing Russian Roulette."

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Olivia Wilde really painted a graphic picture when she confessed that she and husband Jason Sudeikis "have sex like Kenyan marathon runners." Go team.

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Amy Schumer is typically self-deprecating when she's talking about gettin' busy: "When it comes to sex, I lay there like I'm going to get a CAT scan so I'm not pleasing anyone."

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Cara Delevingne shared her experience of public nookie, telling LOVE Magazine, "I've had sex in planes a lot…But I've always been caught. It's super-hard not to get caught.”

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ScarJo loves "sex in a car...If I were in a really raunchy frame of mind wanting something crazy and kinky, the back seat would be it."

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Sometimes you don't need a buddy. Eva Longoria said she "didn’t begin enjoying sex until I started masturbating. Before that, I really wasn’t sexual. I bought my first vibrator three years ago. It’s a shame I didn’t discover it sooner."

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She isn’t nicknamed Xtina for nothing. Miss Aguilera has said that she loves “experimenting with my sexuality. I want to try out as much as possible. It would be wrong of me to hide this side of my personality.”

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NPH said what we were all thinking when he explained that ”no one likes an awkward lay. You want to lay someone who wants to lay you; you want to say who you like and get to lay that person. That's good sex.”

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Heidi Klum explained that, "If you're wild and crazy, bring it on so the other person is well aware that you have little devil horns that come out every once in a while. It’s good to make an effort to dress up sometimes, to do things outside of the norm."

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George Clooney on his first orgasm: "climbing a rope when I was 6 or 7 years old. I mean, nothing came out, but all the other elements were there. I remember getting to the top of the rope, hanging off the rope, and going, 'Oh my God, this feels great!"

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Cameron Diaz credits a healthy sex life for her literal agelessness. “I guess it's exercise, healthy diet, lots of water, lots of laughter, lots of sex — yes, sex, we need that as human beings. It's healthy, it's natural, it's what we are here to do."

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"[Pregnancy is] great for the sex life. It just makes you a lot more creative, so you have fun." So says Angelina Jolie. Mums can have fun too, y’know.

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RDJ has admitted he "was a compulsive, serial masturbator." He went on: "But it was the best thing I could have been. I utilized that organ and rode it for everything it was worth." Cool.

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Actor Armie Hammer admitted that he “used to like to be a dominant lover. I liked the grabbing of the neck and the hair and all that. But then you get married and your sexual appetites change. And I mean that for the better.”

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Legendary hottie Carmen Electra is all about getting raunchy. "I love going to different sex shops.. and collecting the coolest handcuffs and naughtiest lingerie."

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Jada Pinkett Smith has admitted that “In a limo, on the way to the Academy Awards, Will started looking at me in this way that drives me wild. We started kissing passionately, and the next thing I knew, well, let's just say we missed the red carpet."

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“I do have a bit of a foot fetish, yes. I find myself staring at feet. I like a heel. If she’s wearing clogs, that does something for me. Flip-flops. Sandals. Bare feet are the best." All the details from Jack Black, there.

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Some celebs aren't so open, however. Remember this one? "Exes can be mad but just know I never let them play with my ass…I don’t do that…I stay away from that area all together"

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