Marriage & family - keywords Flashcards
cohabitation
living together without being married
re-marriage
marrying again after being divorced from a previous marriage
promiscuity
having sex with a number of partners without commitment
pre-marital sex
sex before marriage
adultery
a sexual act between a married person and someone other than their marriage partner
faithfulness
staying with your marriage partner and having sex only with them
re-constitued family
where two sets of children become one family when their divorced parents marry each other
procreation
making a new life
contraception
intentionally preventing pregnancy from occurring
homosexuality
sexual attraction to the same sex
nuclear family
mother, father and children living as a unit
civil partnership
a legal ceremony giving a homosexual couple the same legal rights as a husband and wife
secularisation
society becoming less religious