Selch Folk
Silkies are a type of merfolk that live in the artic and antartic waters. They evolved from mermaids to devolop hair, cold blood, and large amounts of body fat to stay warm by adapting to the cold.
Ideals
Beauty Ideals
Body fat is seen as most beautiful. Thinner silkie are looked down on as they are choosing outdated mermaid body type ideas and putting their safety at risk from the cold.
Gender Ideals
Silkie's embrace the divine feminine. They are matriarchal with birthrates of one boy to every three girls born.
Courtship Ideals
South Poll
North Poll
Relationship Ideals
Family
unlike divine feminine, their childcare is like that of penguins where the males take care of the pups while mom searches for food.
romantic/sexual
Because there are more females than males, homosexuality in females isn't uncommon and may even be standard in some pods
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