3.3 Flashcards
What does the term ‘civil partnership’ mean?
A legal ceremony giving a homosexual couple the same legal rights as a husband and wife.
What does the term ‘adultery’ mean?
A sexual act between a married person and someone other than their marriage partner.
What does the term ‘cohabitation’ mean?
Living together without being married.
What does the term ‘contraception’ mean?
Intentionally preventing pregnancy from occurring.
What does the term ‘faithfulness’ mean?
Staying with your marriage partner and having sex only with them.
What does the term ‘homosexuality’ mean?
Sexual attraction the the same sex.
What does the term ‘nuclear family’ mean?
Mother, father and children living as a unit.
What does the term ‘pre-marital sex’ mean?
Sex before marriage
What does the term ‘procreation’ mean?
Making a new life
What does the term ‘promiscuity’ mean?
Having sex with a number of partners without commitment.
What does the term ‘re-constituted family’ mean?
Where two sets of children (stepbrothers and stepsisters) become one family when their divorced parents marry each other.
What does the term ‘re-marriage’ mean?
Marrying again after being divorced from a previous marriage.
