Oddbean new post about login | logout I suppose, but I don't think that's a new phenomenon, if anything, I'd argue its declined since somewhere in the 70s. I know very few long time mariges from the 50s to now that didn't struggle with a partner cheating. My sources are not the internet's business XD
it's actually a recurring phenomenon across the ages... in the late 19th century, russia was having its' "free love" time, and the very ❤️ symbol itself actually originates from a time in rome, this represents a leaf of a plant that stimulates abortion (not sure, maybe it's actually rivea corymbosa, aka morning glory, the leaf shape is the same) humans keep falling for the same shit over and over again, i'm sure if you wanted to do a really deep historical survey you can find times where the fad of "free love" arose over and over again and find the same kind of scum, possibly even historically connected scum promoting it
The "heart" shape is a woman's ass seen from above and nobody can convince me otherwise. Everything else is a lie that was told to curious children.
https://www.history.com/news/what-is-the-origin-of-the-heart-symbol generally it actually was simply ornamental, or maybe related to some plants like the ivy as mentioned above... and yes, it is abortifactant like i said not saying it's the *origin* of it but there are related symbols that more accurately represent the three chambers of the heart, as discussed in this link: https://harvardartmuseums.org/article/a-painted-in-ancient-rome-a-brief-artistic-history-of-the-heart-symbol also, i think the most explicitly female sexual version is the one that made it onto playing cards via the Tarot... the original symbol was in fact a chalice, and the wand and chalice are euphemisms used in old writings about sexual conjurations, the spades or swords represent the mind and the disks represents matter