Relationships Flashcards
Adultery
Voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and a person who is not their spouse.
Divorce
To legally end a marriage contract.
Cohabitation
Living together in a sexual relationship without being married or in a civil partnership
Commitment
Dedication and obligation to someone or something.
Contraception
Methods used to prevent a woman from becoming pregnant during or following sexual intercourse.
Gender Equality
Equal rights between the sexes
Responsibilities
Duties we must carry out
Roles
Position, status or function of a person in society as well as characteristics and social behaviour expected of them.
Nuclear family
Two parents and one or more children living in the same house.
Extended family
Number of adults and children who are related living in the same house.
Reconstituted Family
Divorced adults remarried or cohabiting and may include children from new relationship
Single parent family
One parent raising one or more children alone.
Childless family
Married or cohabiting couple without children due to choice or inability to conceive.
Separation
deciding to live separately
Annulment
dissolving a marriage as it was illegitimate to begin with
