Why do I keep seeing posts implying that romance is more present now than it’s ever been before ?

Disclaimer : This whole post is written from a western lens, about western liberal society, to western readers (who aren’t living under strict religions). It probably doesn’t apply to other cultural contexts, or it applies differently.

I’ve seen multiple post being like ‘Why is romance everywhere nowadays ?’, ‘Why is fandom all about romance nowadays ?’ and guys. This is the least romantic time and place we’ve ever been in. It’s still too much, and it sucks, but people couldn’t even have sex before marriage not that long ago. This is the most free people, especially women, in Europe and America have ever been not to date/marry. I get that we’re frustrated, but for those of us who are living in the west (and not under strict religions),I think it’s important to recognize the progress that has been made, and the fact that not only were there are worse times in history to be aromantic, there’s worse places right now to be aromantic. People out here are being put in organised marriages, I don’t know how to say this diplomatically, but hearing too many love songs on the radio is the least oppressive amatonormativity can possibly get.

Also like. Fandom was created mostly out of shipping. Amatocentrism has always been the basis of fandom spaces online.