Marriage And Family Flashcards
Definition of adultery?
A sexual act between a married persons and someone other than their marriage partner.
Definition of civil partnership?
A legal ceremony giving a homosexual couple the same legal rights as a husband and wife.
Definition of cohabitation?
Living together without being married.
Definition of faithfulness?
Staying with your marriage partner and having Sex only with them.
Definition of homosexuality?
Sexual attraction to the same sex.
Definition of nuclear family?
Mother, father and children living as a unit.
Definition of pre-marital sex?
Sex before marriage.
Definition of procreation?
Making a new life.
Definition of promiscuity ?
Having sex with a number of partners without commitment.
Definition of a re-constituted family?
Where two sets of children become one family when their divorced parents marry each other.
Definition of remarriage?
Marrying again after being divorced from a previous marriage.
Definition of Contraception?
Intentionally preventing pregnancy occurring.