Ethics Paper 2 Theme A - Relationships and Families Flashcards
Ethics - Paper 2 Theme A
What is Adultery?
Relationships and Families
A married person having a sexual relationship with someone they are not married to.
Ethics - Paper 2 Theme A
What is Artificial Contraception?
Relationships and Families
An artificial (man-made) method of controlling the amount of children a couple has eg. condoms, the pill
Ethics - Paper 2 Theme A
What is a Celibate?
Relationships and Families
Unmarries and abstaining from sexual acts, especially because of a religious vow eg. St Paul and the Pope.
Ethics - Paper 2 Theme A
What is Cohabitation?
Relationships and Families
Living together as partners and having a sexual relationship without being married.
Ethics - Paper 2 Theme A
What is Contraception?
Relationships and Families
The prevention of pregnancy by using artifical methods such as condoms or the pill, or natural methods such as avoiding sex during the fertile periods.
Ethics - Paper 2 Theme A
What is Divorce?
Relationships and Families
The legal ending of a marriage.
Ethics - Paper 2 Theme A
What is an extended family?
Relationships and Families
A family that extends beyond just parents and their children by inccluding grandparents and other relatives aswell.
Ethics - Paper 2 Theme A
What is Family Planning?
Relationships and Families
A method of controlling the number of children a couple has.
Ethics - Paper 2 Theme A
What is Gender Discrimination?
Relationships and Families
To act against someone based on their gender.
Ethics - Paper 2 Theme A
What is Gender Equality?
Relationships and Families
The idea that people should be given the same rights and opportunities regardless of whether they are male or female
Ethics - Paper 1 Theme A
What is Gender Predjudice?
Relationships and Families
Unfairly judging someone before the facts are known based on their gender.
Ethics - Paper 2 Theme A
What is Heterosexuality?
Relationships and Families
To be attracted to members of the opposite sex to you.
Ethics - Paper 2 Theme A
What is Homosexuality?
Relationships and Families
Sexual attraction to someone of the same sex.
Ethics - Paper 2 Theme A
What is Marriage?
Relationships and Families
The legally and religiously recognised union of 2 people as partners in a personal relationship.
Ethics - Paper 2 Theme A
What is a Nuclear Family?
Relationships and Families
A family group consisting of parents and children only.