Marriage and Family (3.3) Flashcards
Adultery
A sexual act between a married person and someone other than their marriage partner.
Cvil Partnership
A legal ceremony giving a homosexual couple the same legal rights as a husband and wife.
Cohabitation
Living together without being married.
Contraception
Intentionally preventing pregnancy from occurring.
Faithfulness
Staying with your marriage partner and having sex only with them.
Homosexuality
Sexual attractions to the same sex.
Nuclear Family
Mother, farther and children living as a unit.
Pre-marital Sex
Sex before marriage.
Procreation
Making a new life.
Promiscuity
Having sex with a number of partners without commitment.
Re-constituted Family
Where two sets of children (stepbrothers and stepsisters) become one family when their divorced parents marry each other.
Re-marriage
Marrying again after being divorced from a previous marriage.