Relationships and Families

Question 1

what is human sexuality

Answer 1

how people express themselves as sexual beings

Question 2

Define heterosexual

Answer 2

to be sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex

Question 3

define homosexual

Answer 3

to be sexually attracted to members of the same sex

Question 4

define pre marital sex

Answer 4

sex between two single unmarried people

Question 5

define adultery

Answer 5

voluntary sexual intercourse between and married person and someone who is not their spouse (husband and wife)

Question 6

define contraception

Answer 6

the menthods used to prevent a pregnancy from taking place

Question 7

define sex outside marriage

Answer 7

sex between two people where one or both of them is married to someone else; adulting; having an affair

Question 8

define contraception

Answer 8

the methods used to prevent a pregnancy from taking place

Question 9

define family planning

Answer 9

controlling how many children couples have and when they have them

Question 10

what is marriage

Answer 10

a legal union between a man and a woman (or in some countries, including the UK, two people of the same sex) as partners in a relationship

Question 11

what is civil partnership

Answer 11

legal union of same sex couples

Question 12

define same sex marriage

Answer 12

marriage between partners of the same sex

Question 13

what is cohabitation

Answer 13

a couple living together and having a sexual relationship without being married to one another

Question 14

what is divorce

Answer 14

legal ending of a marriage

Question 15

what is remarriage

Answer 15

when someone married again while their former spouse is still alive

Question 16

what is annulment

Answer 16

a catholic church ruling that a marriage was never valid

Question 17

define nuclear family

Answer 17

a couple and their children regarded as a basic social unit

Question 18

define extended family

Answer 18

a family that extends beyond just parents and their children by including grandparents and other relatives as well

Question 19

what is polygamy

Answer 19

the practice or custom of having more than one wife at the same time

Question 20

define bigamy

Answer 20

the offence of marrying someone while already married to another person

Question 21

define procreation

Answer 21

bringing babies into the world

Question 22

define stability

Answer 22

safely and security ; a stable society is one in which people’s rights are protected and they are able to live peacefully

Question 23

define gender prejudice

Answer 23

unfairly judging someone before the facts are known ; holding biased opinions about an individual group based on their gender

Question 24

define sexual stereotyping

Answer 24

having a fixed general idea or image of how men and women will behave

Question 25

define gender discrimination

Answer 25

acting against someone on the basis of their gender