I was looking at some of my old zoology texts and this odd thought crossed my mind. If we treated marriage like a rare animal being observed in its habitat, what specific traits would help it survive today’s environment? And what pressures might drive it toward extinction?
I’m curious about the behavioral adaptations. Maybe something like strong pair-bonding rituals that are flexible, or a kind of social symbiosis where both partners benefit clearly from the shared territory. On the flip side, threats could be habitat loss like the erosion of supportive community structures or invasive species in the form of constant digital distraction.
From an ethics and even a prop-making perspective, I think about the frameworks and the tangible, crafted effort that goes into maintaining something. What do you all see as the key survival traits for this particular “species” in the modern wild?