Relationships And Families Flashcards
Human sexuality
How people express themselves are sexual beings
Heterosexual
To be sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex
Homosexual
To be sexually attracted to members of the same sex
Sex before marriage
Sex between 2 unmarried single people
Adultery
Voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and someone who is not their spouse
Sex outside marriage
Sex between 2 people where one or both of them is married to someone else
Contraception
The methods used to prevent pregnancy from taking place
Family planning
Controlling how many children couples have and when they have them
Marriage
A legal Union between a man and a woman as partners in a relationship
Civil partnership
Legal Union of same sex couples
Cohabitation
A couple living together and having a sexual relationship without being married to one another
Divorce
Legal ending of a marriage
Re marriage
When someone remarries again while their former spouse is still alive
Annulment
A Catholic Church ruling that a marriage was never valid
Family
A group of people who are related by blood marriage or adoption
Nuclear family
A couple and a dependent children
Step family
A family that is formed on the re marriage of a divorced or widowed person and that includes a child or children
Bigamy
The offence in the uk of marrying someone while already married to another person
Procreation
Bringing babies into the world producing offspring
Stability
A stable society is one in which people’s rights are protected and they are able to live peacefully
Protection of children
Keeping children safe from harm
Educating children in faith
Bringing up children according to the religious beliefs of parents
Sexual stereotyping
Having a fixed general idea or image of how men and women will behave
Gender discrimination
To act against someone on the basis of the gender
Gender discrimination
To activate someone on the basis of the gender
