Men are from Mars, Women from Venus, Symbols from Greek

I'd always heard the explanation for the male and female symbols that is, here, rejected. Interesting.

Originally shared by +Today I Found Out:

You may have heard that the female symbol represents Venus' mirror and the male symbol represents Mars' shield, but that's not actually true.

The Origin of the Male and Female Symbols
Ashley W. asks: Where did the male and female symbols come from? Representing two planets, iron, copper and a couple of Olympian gods, the classical symbols for male and female pack a lot of meaning into a few squiggly lines. The symbols themselves are ancient, and the associations they make date back to the dawn of civilization. The ancients, after […]

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