Modern geneticists no longer use these familiar symbols and instead rely on a square (for male) and circle (for female): This symbolism was developed by Pliny Earle, a doctor with the Bloomingdale ...

We erroneously used a male symbol instead of a female symbol. — Washington Post Express (@WaPoExpress) January 5, 2017. This is how the cover should have looked. We apologize for the mistake.

The Washington Post's free daily newspaper mistakenly used a male gender symbol to illustrate a cover story about women's rights. Dan Evon Published Jan. 5, 2017 ...

We erroneously used a male symbol instead of a female symbol. — Express (@WaPoExpress) January 5, 2017. This is how the cover should have looked. We apologize for the mistake.