Relationships and Families Flashcards
Human Sexuality
How people express themselves as human beings.
Heterosexual
Sexual attraction to the opposite sex.
Homosexual
Sexual attraction to the same sex.
Pre-Marital Sex
Sex between two single unmarried people.
Adultery
Voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and someone who isn’t their partner.
Sex Outside Marriage
Sex between two people where one or both of them is married to someone else. Adultery.
Contraception
Methods used to prevent pregnancy.
Family Planning
Controlling how many children couples have and when they have them.
Marriage
A legal union between a man and a woman (or two people of the same sex) as partners in a relationship.
Civil Partnership
Legal union of same sex couples.
Same-Sex Marriage
Marriage between partners of the same sex.
Cohabitation
A couple living together and having a sexual relationship without being married.
Divorce
Legal ending of a marriage.
Remarriage
When someone marries again while their former partner 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 their children regarded as a basic social unit.
Step-Family
A family which is formed on the remarriage of a divorced or widowed person and that includes a child or children.