Marriage and Cohabitation Flashcards
What are the two main ways that sex is placed in the marriage?
- Sex and marriage - validates (annullment)
2. Sex prohibited amongst family - incest/abuse
What act allowed access to birth control; not restricted to married couples?
NHS (Family Planning) Act 1967
Why was the 1967 NHS (Family Planning) Act important?
understanding that sexual relationships are not just between married couples
What act legalised abortion?
Abortion Act 1967
Why was the 1967 Abortion Act important?
shift of morality and attitudes towards rights of women and their bodies
When was the Divorce Reform Act?
1969
What act was legalised homosexual behaviour?
1967 Sexual Offences Act
What are the two main peaks in divorce over time?
- Peaks during the end of WW1 – precarious times
2. Divorce peaks in 1972 due to Divorce Act
What pressures arose in the 1960s which prompted change? (3)
- Women more financially independent
- Argument that children were more damaged by an unhappy family than by divorce
- Increasing secularisation/ individualisation
What was the basis for divorce after the 1969 DRA?
married for 3 years before applying for a divorce
What was the basis for divorce after the 1984 Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act?
Allowed to file for divorce after one year of marriage
What is divorce primarily prompted by?
‘unreasonable behaviour’
Who gave reasons for why divorce rates rise?
Dormor (1992)
What reasons did Dormor (1992) give for rising divorce rates? (4)
- Removal of legal, economic and social barriers
- Social and structural changes
- Changing values and expectations
- Circumstances of marriage
Who identifies consequences of divorce?
Elliot (1996)
