#ManufacturedIntimacy

How Valentine's Day was transformed by the Industrial Revolution and 'manufactured intimacy' When we think of Valentine's Day, chubby Cupids, hearts and roses generally come to mind, not industrial processes like mass production and the division of labor. Yet the latter were essential to the ...

How Valentine's Day was transformed by the Industrial Revolution and 'manufactured intimacy' phys.org/news/2025-02... #ValentinesDay #ChubbyCupids #ManufacturedIntimacy #CupidsManufactory #ManufacturedEmotions #MassProduced #Profit