Chapter 11: Religion, relationships and families Flashcards
What is Marriage?
The legal and religious agreement between two people who love each other.
What is Sex?
Sex is the act of physically showing love between the two people who are married. Outside of the church, it could also be for pleasure though is very discouraged by the church and looked down upon.
What is Marital sex?
When two people love each other, they want to devote themselves to each other, and consummate the marriage through sex
What is consummation?
When you have sex to complete the marriage.
What is unitive sex?
When two people have sex to be united and brings them together
What is Procreational sex?
Procreation is when you have sex to make new life. Technically, this is the only type of sex recognised by the church as acceptable because they believe that every time you have sex, it should be to make new life and only that.
What is human sexuality?
A person’s expression of love and their identity. For example, if someone is homosexual, they like people of the same gender and if they are bisexual they like both genders. People might also identify as something that biologically, they are not they. For example a man identifying as a woman or vice versa.
What is heterosexuality?
When a person loves another person of the opposite gender. So if a boy loves a girl and if a girl loves a boy. Colloquially, this is called ‘straight’.
What is homosexuality?
When a person loves another person of the same gender so if a boy likes a boy or a girl likes a girl. Colloquially, this is called ‘gay’ or ‘lesbian’.
What is transgendered?
When someone identifies as the opposite gender and lives their life that way. So, if a boy is born as a boy biologically but identifies as a girl, she lives her life as a girl and could live under the title of Mrs, Miss or Ms.
What is meant by ‘types of love’?
That there are different types of love and emotions that are for different people. For example, you wouldn’t show sexual love for your friends but you would show respect and humour instead.
‘Eros’ love?
Eros love is Sexual love. This is encouraged only when a couple are married.
‘Agape’ love?
Agape love is Careless and selfless love. This could come in many different ways, such as volunteering at community events, or helping at a charity. This would also be incorporated in other types love as you would put some people, such as friends before yourself and that is selfless.
‘Storge’ love?
Storge is Family love. This is the love, and respect you show your parents and siblings as well as extended family.
‘Philos’ love?
Brotherly and friendly (fraternal) love.