key words (s3x before marriage) Flashcards
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Adultery
sexual intercourse between a married person and a person who is not their spouse.
Age Of Consent
Age that people can legally consent to sexual activity, which is 16.
Annulment
A way of ending the marriage (separation/divorce)
Civil Marriage
Marriage without any religious context, performed by a registrar.
Civil Partnership
A legal relationship which can be registered by two people who aren’t related to each other.
Commitment
Being dedicated to the marriage.
Celbacy
Not having any type of sexual actions.
Chasity
Sexual purity.
Cohabitation
Living together before marriage.
Contraception.
The act of preventing pregnancy.
Contract
A written or spoken agreement.
Divorce
To end a marriage.
Extended Family.
A family that extends beyond the nuclear family of parents and their children to include aunts, uncles, grandparents, cousins or other relatives, all living nearby or in the same household.
Family
A group of one or more parents and their children living together as a unit.
Family Planning
Allows people when and if to have children.
Gender Discrimination
The act of leaving someone out/ harming someone because of gender.
Gender Equality
Making sure that females and males are equal and no inequality.
Gender Prejudice
And unfair and preconceived opinion of someone’s gender.
Heterosexual
Attracted to someone of the opposite sex.
Homosexual
Attracted to someone of the same sex.
Nuclear Family
A family group consisting of parents and their children (one or more), typically living in one home residence.
Polygamy
Marriage to more than one spouse at a time.
Procreation
The production of offspring; reproduction.
Remarriage
A marriage that occurs after a previous one ended.
