Marriage, Divorce And Family Diversity Key Words Flashcards
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Divorce
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The legal ending of a marriage
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Close-knit community
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A community in which there are close relationships between people
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Divorce petition
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Legal request for a divorce
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Empty-shell marriages
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A marriage in which the partners no longer love each other but stay together, usually for the sake of the children
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Irretrievable
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Unable to be recovered
Broken down forever
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Monogamy
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The practice of having 1 partner
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Negative labelling
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Treating something as ‘bad’ or ‘undesirable’
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Privatised nuclear family
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A home-centred family that has little contact with extended kin or neighbours
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Reconstituted families
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Stepfamilies
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Scapegoated
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Unfairly blamed
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Serial monogamy
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A series of long-term relationships
