Key Terms

Question 1

Cohabitation?

Answer 1

An unmarried couple living together in a sexually active relationship. Sometimes known as “living in sin”.

Question 2

Consent?

Answer 2

Freely agreeing to engage in sexual activity with another person.

Question 3

Premarital Sex?

Answer 3

Sex before marriage.

Question 4

Extramarital Sex?

Answer 4

Sex beyond the confines of marriage, usually used to describe adulterous sex.

Question 5

Betrothal?

Answer 5

Traditionally the exchange of promises, which in earlier times marked the point at which sex was permitted.

Question 6

Consummation?

Answer 6

An act of sexual intercourse that indicates, in some traditions, the finalisation of the marriage.

Question 7

Exclusive?

Answer 7

A commitment to be in a sexual relationship with a person to the exclusion of all others. This is the opposite of an “open marriage” or a “casual relationship”.

Question 8

Homosexuality?

Answer 8

Sexual attraction between people of the same sex.