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The three standard sex symbols in biology are male ♂, female ♀ and hermaphroditic ⚥; originally the symbol for Mercury, ☿, was used for the last.These symbols were first used by Carl Linnaeus in 1751 to denote whether flowers were male (stamens only), female (pistil only) or perfect flowers with both pistils and stamens. [1]
Gender symbols intertwined. The red (left) is the female Venus symbol. The blue (right) represents the male Mars symbol.. Gender includes the social, psychological, cultural and behavioral aspects of being a man, woman, or other gender identity.
The symbol of the Roman goddess Venus is used to represent the female sex in biology. [1] An organism's sex is female (symbol: ♀) if it produces the ovum (egg cell), the type of gamete (sex cell) that fuses with the male gamete (sperm cell) during sexual reproduction. [2] [3] [4] A female has larger gametes than a male.
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Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 14:14, 25 March 2013: 784 × 596 (5 KB): AnonMoos: Signs for "female" and/or "woman" in various symbol systems.<br> Top row: Venus sign, toilet pictogram, modern Chinese character, ancient form of Chinese character (apparent abstract drawing of kneeling woman).<br> Bottom row: Ancient Egyptian hierogly...
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