Relationships, Families and Children Flashcards
Adultery
A married person having sexual relations with someone other than their marriage partner
Celibacy
Remaining unmarried and having no sexual relations
Civil Partnership
A legal relationship (usually between two people of the same sex), which gives the partners equal treatment with married couples in a wide range of areas
Cohabitation
Living together without being married
Contraception
A means of preventing a woman from becoming pregnant
Divorce
The legal ending of a marriage
Extended Family
A number of different family relations, such as parents, children, grandparents, and other relations, living together as a unit or close to each other
Faithfulness
(within marriage, a civil partnership or long-term relationship)
Staying only with the partner and having sexual relations only with that partner
Genetic Engineering
Changing the basic structure of human life by medical means
Heterosexuality
Being attracted to people of the opposite gender to yourself
Homosexuality
Being attracted to people of the same gender as yourself
Marriage
A couple who have been legally joined together
Nuclear Family
Mother, father and children living as a unit
Pre-marital sex
Having sexual relations before marriage
Promiscuity
Having sexual relations with a number of partners without any commitment
Reconstituted Family
Children from different marriages becoming one family after their divorced parents marry each other
Remarriage
Marrying again after being divorced from a previous marriage
Rights of children
(The principle of) treating children fairly
Role
(of men or women within marriage, a civil partnership, long-term relationship or within the family)
The part a person plays (in the particular relationship or in the family)
Status
(of partners within marriage, a civil partnership or long-term relationship)
The importance of one partner in relation to the other
