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Friday 05 Jun 2009: Gender symbols
The gender symbols that were introduced in the 18th Century by Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus, are derived from astronomical symbols for planets. The male symbol (♂) is the one for the planet Mars (denoting the shield and spear of Mars), the female symbol (♀) is for Venus (depicting the hand mirror of Venus).

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