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Gender symbol : ウィキペディア英語版 | Gender symbol A gender symbol denotes the sex of an organism or characterizes an agent by gender. ==Derived from astrological symbols==
The two standard gender symbols denoting male ♂ and female ♀ are derived from astrological symbols, denoting the classical planets Mars and Venus, respectively. These symbols have been in use since the Renaissance〔continuing medieval (11th century) symbols known from Byzantine manuscripts, possibly with precedents in horoscopic papyri of Late Antiquity (late 4th century).〕 also denoting elements in alchemy, specifically the metals iron and copper. They were first used to denote the effective sex of plants (i.e. sex of individual in a given crossbreed, since most plants are hermaphroditic) by Carolus Linnaeus in 1751.〔(The Origin of the Male and Female Symbols of Biology ), William T. Stearn, Taxon, Vol. 11, No. 4 (May, 1962), pp. 109-113〕 The shape of the Mars symbol has been likened to an iron-tipped spear (i.e. a weapon mainly used by men) and shape of the Venus symbol to a bronze mirror or a distaff (stereotypically associated with women in former centuries).
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