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A (copper/bronze) handmirror, symbol of the Greek goddess Aphrodite (and her Roman equivalent Venus). The cross was added in the 16th century to Christianize the symbol of a pagan god.
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Use of ♀ for Friday, on the left side of the calendar dial of this 16th-century clock-calendar, just below the day-of-the-week hand.
1961 August 17, New Scientist, volume 11, number 248 (in English), Reed Business Information, →ISSN, page 413:
In his Mantissa Plantarum (1767) and Mantissa Plantarum altera (1771), [Linnaeus] regularly used ♂, ♀ and ☿ for male, female and hermaphrodite flowers respectively.
1990, Charles S. Churcher, “Cranial Appendages of Giraffoidea”, George A. Bubenik, Anthony B. Bubenik, Horns, Pronghorns, and Antlers: Evolution, Morphology, Physiology, and Social Significance, New York: Springer-Verlag, →ISBN, chapter 1.5, page 183:
Figure 2. Ossicones, secondary ossification, and sinuses of Giraffa: A Lateral aspect of skull showing courses of veins, areas of dense ossification (heavily stippled) and lesser secondary ossification (lightly stippled), and outlines of skull roofs of male (♂) and female (♀) adults. (After Spinage 1968b.)
2015 July 6, Andy Burns, “Re: C4 last leg”, in uk.tech.broadcast (Usenet; in English):
I was quite surprised that a few of my friends found the male ♂ (mars) and female ♀ (venus) symbols on toilets in pubs/bars confusing ...
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Late Classical and Medieval forms of the astronomical symbol
Classical form of the symbol, ⚲
A decorative variant in the Netherlands
As a symbol for copper
An abstract variant
Symbol on a pale-copper background
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1901 cover for Japanese literary magazine Myōjō
1995 UN conference on women
Feminism/woman-power symbol
... on a flag
Women's health
Pregnant female
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