M+R = Definitions

Question 1

Gender role

Answer 1

A gender role is when a person is expected to act in a certain way based on society’s expectations relating to their gender

Question 2

Utilitarianism

Answer 2

They base their decisions on the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people. It is the consequences of an act that matters.

Question 3

Exploitation

Answer 3

Treating someone unfairly in order to benefit from or take advantage of them

Question 4

Equality

Answer 4

The state of being equal and treated fairly, especially in status, rights and opportunities

Question 5

Moral issues

Answer 5

A moral issue is a subject which people disagree on because they have different views on what is right and wrong

Question 6

Sexual relationship

Answer 6

Is one is which someone is engaging in sexual acts with another person. It is more physical than a normal relationship

Question 7

Consent

Answer 7

Is when someone agrees, gives permission or says yes to sexual activity. It’s always freely given and all people in a sexual situation must feel that they are able to say yes or no or stop the sexual activity at any point

Question 8

Sexism

Answer 8

Prejudice or discrimination based on a persons sex or gender

Question 9

Stereotype

Answer 9

A widely help but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person

Question 10

Humanism

Answer 10

A rationalist outlook that bases decision making on values and agency of human beings rather than divine or supernatural matters

Question 11

Statutory rape

Answer 11

Consensual sexual activity where one participant is below the age of consent

Question 12

Rape

Answer 12

A type of sexual assault that involves penetration carried out against a person without consent

Question 13

Sexual and indecent assault

Answer 13

Range of sexual assault offences relating to sexual touching with the addition of sexual penetration and ejaculating semen into someone, spitting or urinating onto someone

Question 14

Indecent exposure

Answer 14

Is a legal expression that describes the deliberate public exposure by a person of a portion of their body in a manner contrary to local standards of appropriate behaviour

Question 15

Grooming

Answer 15

A person intentionally developing a relationship with a young person under the age of sixteen in order to gain trust and persuade them into a vulnerable situation where they can then be sexually assaulted

Question 16

Rape culture

Answer 16

When a society as a whole does not promote rape but does not do as much as they could to prevent rape - it contributed to the normalisation of rape and sexual assault

Question 17

Same sex relationship

Answer 17

When people of the same gender (man and man or woman and woman) engage in a relationship which can be sexual and / or lead to marriage

Question 18

Arranged marriage

Answer 18

Is a type of marriage where the bride and groom are selected by a third party rather than each other. Usually the bride and grooms parents are the third party

Question 19

Forced marriage

Answer 19

A forced marriage happens when one or both parties are coerced into matrimony- without their free consent

Question 20

Co habitation

Answer 20

This refers to people who are not married but are living together and engaging in a romantic relationship

Question 21

Divorce

Answer 21

A divorce is the legal termination of a marriage - in the UK a married couple who have split up cannot marry again until they get a divorce