The gender symbol (Japanese: 性別記号 Hepburn: Seibetsu kigō) is a symbol representing gender such as male or female. M (male: 男)/F (female: 女) signs are pictographs often seen in toilets are also commonly used as gender symbols. Elaborated on further.
Overview[edit | edit source]
The two standard sex symbols, derived from astrological symbols, denoting the classical planets Mars and Venus, respectively, and the elements iron and copper by alchemists. They were first used to denote the effective sex of plants (i.e. sex of individual in a given crossbreed, since most plants are hermaphroditic) by Carl Linnaeus in 1751.
Role in Gachimuchi[edit | edit source]
- Male signs (♂) - usually placed between words or after words to indicate that Gachimuchi Pants Wrestling (ガチムチパンツレスリング) is a masculine genre, as it uses wrestling videos as sources. This meme possibly originated from fans typing these characters between Van Darkholme's line, from the Kink.com interview of Van Darkholme. It is also used to suggest that something is homoerotic.
Video Example[edit | edit source]
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External links[edit | edit source]
- Nico Nico Pedia article (Japanese)
