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