3.3 Marriage And Family Life Flashcards
What is a Civil Partnership?
Legal ceremony giving a homosexual couple the same legal rights as a husband and wife
What is the definition of Divorce?
The legal ending of a marriage
What is the definition of Faithfulness?
Staying with your marriage partner and only having sex with them
What is Homosexuality?
A sexual attraction to the same sex
What is a Nuclear Family?
Mother, Father and the children living as a unity
What is Pre-Martial Sex?
Sex before marriage
What is the definition of Procreation?
Making a new life in the form of a child
What is the definition of Promiscuity?
Having sex with a number of partners without wanting a relationship
What is a Reconstituted Family?
Where two sets of children become a family when divorced parents marry one another
What is the definition of Remarriage?
Marrying again after being divorced
What is Adultery?
Married person having sex with someone other than their partner
What is Cohabitation?
Living together without being married
What is Contraception?
Intentionally preventing pregnancy from occurring
Give 4 reasons for the changes in modern family life
- Cohabitation and Marriage
- Divorce
- Family Life
- Homosexuality
Why are more people getting Divorced?
- Easier and cheaper
- People live longer, get bored
- Women become more assertive
- Women finally capable to cope alone