Do This!

Directions: Look at the two symbols below. Research and explain their origin and meaning.

What do the symbols represent? Explain. Are the symbols pertaining to the concept of
gender or sex? Justify.

Gender symbols are pictograms or glyphs

used to represent sex and gender in fields
♂️ and ♀️ are defined as "gender identity
symbols" because they are commonly used to
such as biology and medicine, genealogy, and represent the sex of all forms of life. It
the sociological fields of gender politics, LGBT represents gender identities and birth sex as
subculture, and identity politics. The symbols well as how each gender expresses itself.
are actually Mars and Venus's planetary They are part of the universal symbol system
symbols. The Mars one became associated because they are widely spread and are
with men, while the Venus one became recognized worldwide.
associated with women. For thousands of
years, astrological symbols have been used as
shorthand. The male symbol is Mars' shield
and spear, and the female symbol is
Aphrodite's hand mirror—the goddess of
beauty, fertility, and sexual love.