3.3 marriage and family life KEYWORDS Flashcards
adultery
a sexual act between a married person and someone other than their marriage partner
civil partnership
a legal ceremony giving a homosexual couple the same legal rights as husband and wife
cohabitation
living together without being married
contraception
intentionally preventing pregnancy
faithfulness
staying with your marriage partner and only having sex with them
homosexuality
sexual attraction to the same sex
nuclear family
mother, father and children living together as a unit
pre-marital sex
having sex before marriage
procreation
making a new life
promiscuity
having sex with a number of partners without commitment
re-consituted family
where two families (step brothers and sisters) become one family when their divorced parents marry each other
re-marriage
marrying again after being divorced from a previous marriage