Theme A: RELATIONSHIPS AND FAMILIES Flashcards
Human Sexuality
Refers to how people express themselves as sexual beings
Heterosexual
Relationships between a man and a woman
Homosexual
Relationships between people of the same sex
Sex before marriage
Sex between two unmarried people, it is widely accepted and common in British society.
Sex outside marriage
Sex between two people where one or both of them is married to someone else. This is called adultery
Contraception
Refers to the methods used to prevent a pregnancy taking place. Some prevent conception from taking place such as the pill or a condom, while some prevent the fertilised egg from developing like the morning after pill.
Family planning
Christian church beliefs
Heterosexual relationships are ideal.
Buddhist beliefs
The main concern for Buddhism is for sex not to be harmful to anyone