Section 3: Marriage & the Family Flashcards
Adultery
A sexual act between a married person and someone other than their marriage partner
Civil Partnership
A legal ceremony giving a homosexual couple the same rights (legal rights) as a husband and wife.
Cohabitation
Living together without being married
Contraception
Intentionally preventing pregnancy from occurring
Faithfulness
Staying with your (marriage) partner and only having sex with them
Homosexuality
Sexual attraction to the same sex
Nuclear Family
Mother, father and children living as a unit
Pre-Marital Sex
Sex before marriage
Procreation
Making a new life
Promiscuity
Having sex with a number of partners without commitment
Re-Constituted Family
Where two sets of children (step-brothers/sisters) become one family when their divorced parents marry each other
Re-Marriage
Marrying again after being divorced from a previous marriage