Marriage, Divorce And Family Diversity Key Words Flashcards
Divorce
The legal ending of a marriage
Close-knit community
A community in which there are close relationships between people
Divorce petition
Legal request for a divorce
Empty-shell marriages
A marriage in which the partners no longer love each other but stay together, usually for the sake of the children
Irretrievable
Unable to be recovered
Broken down forever
Monogamy
The practice of having 1 partner
Negative labelling
Treating something as ‘bad’ or ‘undesirable’
Privatised nuclear family
A home-centred family that has little contact with extended kin or neighbours
Reconstituted families
Stepfamilies
Scapegoated
Unfairly blamed
Serial monogamy
A series of long-term relationships