Morality & Relationships Flashcards
Exploitation
The act of treating someone unfairly and/or taking advantage of them in order to benefit yourself
Equality
The state of being equal, especially in status, rights, and opportunities
Moral Issue
This is an issue that raises concern as the actions involved have the potential to help or harm ourselves, or others
Sexism
Prejudice or discrimination towards someone based on their sex or gender.
Gender Role
A role or behaviour considered to be appropriate to a particular gender as determined by prevailing cultural norms.
Discrimination
The act of unjust treatment of different categories of people, especially on grounds of ethnicity, age, sex, or disability.
Prejudice
Bias based thinking - a preconceived notion that is not based on reason or actual experience.
Complementarianism
men and women are equal in personhood. This means there is not one gender that is considered more worthy than the other.
But men and women do have different, but equal, roles in marriage, the church, family life and elsewhere.
Egalitarianism
egalitarians agree with complementarians that men and women are equal in worth. However, egalitarianism goes further to state that men and women are considered equal in role capabilities. This means there are no restrictions on what roles men and women can fulfil in the church, home, and society.
Utilitarians
greatest happiness for the greatest number’
Humanists
we should treat others as we would like to be treated.
Sexual relationship
A sexual relationship is one in which someone is engaging in sexual acts with another person. It is more physical than a relationship.
Consent
Consent is when someone agrees, gives permission, or says “yes” to sexual activity with other people. Consent is always freely given and all people in a sexual situation must feel that they are able to say “yes” or “no” or stop the sexual activity at any point.
Statutory Rape
Consensual sexual activity where one participant is below the age of consent.
Rape
A type of sexual assault that involves sexual penetration carried out against a person without their consent.