You may or may not have noticed it, but Facebook made a slight change on the site's interface, and it says a lot about gender equality: the "friends" icon has been switched up.

Instead of having the man in front of a woman, the positions have been reversed, reported The New York Times.

The design manager at Facebook, Caitlin Winner, explained the change on Medium.

"As a woman, educated at a women's college it was hard not to read into the symbolism of the current icon; the woman was quite literally in the shadow of the man, she was not in a position to lean in," she said

At first, she positioned them side by side, but ended up with what looked like "a two-headed mythical beast." She ended up putting the woman in front.

According to CBS News, she also updated their hairdos and a notch in the female avatar's shoulder that showed where the male was supposed to overlap her.

Winner also made a similar change to the site's "groups" icon.

"The old 'groups' icon featured two men and one woman, the woman sat in the back left behind the larger centered man," she said. "It was an obvious refresh to use three unique silhouettes instead and, here again, I placed the lady first."

She also shared, "As a result of this project, I'm on high alert for symbolism. I try to question all icons, especially those that feel the most familiar."

Facebook has been making an effort to support gender equality. The Huffington Post reported last year that it added over 50 gender options to choose from, including "gender nonconforming."

Facebook software engineer Brielle Harrison then said, "There's going to be a lot of people for whom this is going to mean nothing, but for the few it does impact, it means the world."

This year, the social networking site also updated the gender preference by adding a custom gender descriptor of their choice, according to Recode.

However, while it is trying to show gender equality, the company is doing less well in racial diversity. As reported by the New York Times, only 4 percent of its employees were Hispanic, and only 2 percent were black. Its workforce is represented mostly by males, which made up 68 percent of the population.

How do you feel about this subtle change on the social network's interface?