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Also none of them have any legs...

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It comes from Roman mythology, it was a symbol of Mars and is supposed to represent a spear and shield. I had to look up what the female symbol represents, allegedly it’s the hand mirror of Venus. I would bet it’s not a coincidence that they can be viewed as abstract genitals, though.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

I would wager the farm on that bet