Keywords Flashcards
What is Blended Families
Is one where the parents have children from previous relationships but all the members come together as one unit
What is cohabitation
Is when two people who are romantically involved choose to live together without being married
What is conjugal roles
Refers to the separation of roles within the household based on the individuals gender
What is divorce
Cancelling the legal duties and responsibilities of marriage and dissolving the bonds of matrimony between parties
What is a extended family
Is a classical sense is when three or more generations live together in one household
What is a lone parent
A mother or father living without a partner and raising their child independently
What is monogamy
Refers to the marital practice in which an individual marries one partner
What is a nuclear family
A group of people who are united by ties of partnership and parenthood
What is Patriarchy
Is a social system in which family systems or entire societies are organised around the idea of Father Rule, where males are the primary authority figures
What is polygamy
Is the practice of marrying multiple spouses. When a man is married to more than one wife at a time. Wife married to multiple men is polyandry
What is same sex
A two generation family of a man and women and their dependent children
What is secularisation
Refers to the historical process in which religion loses social and cultural significance
What is symmetrical
Is where a family divides all responsibilities equally between partners
Traditional nuclear family
Father, mother and children
Married and with clear responsibilities e.g. bread winner , career
Modern nuclear family
Married or co-habiting couples , with or without children
