Relationship & Families Flashcards
(37 cards)
Adultery
Voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and someone who is not their spouse
Human sexuality
How People express themselves as human beings
Heterosexual
Being attracted to members of the opposite sex
Homosexual
To be sexually attracted to members of the same sex
Sex before marriage
Sex between two single unmarried people
Sex Outside Marriage
Sex between two people where one or both of them is married to someone else, having an affair
Contraception
The method used to prevent conception from happening, barrier, hormonal, surgical
Family planning
When couples decide how many children they will have
Marriage
The union between men and women or people of the same sex in countries which it is legal
Civil partnerships
Legal union of couples, both the same and different sex
Same sex marriage
Marriage between partners of the same sex
Cohabitation
A couple living together and having a sexual relationship without being married
Divorce
Legal ending of a marriage
Remarriage
When someone marries again when their former partner is still alive
Annulment
A Catholic Church ruling that the marriage was never valid
Family
A group of people who are related by blood, marriage or adoption
Nuclear family
A couple and their children regarded as a basic social unit
Step family
A Family that is formed on the remarriage of a divorce or widowed person that includes children
Extended family
A Family that extends beyond just the parents and the children including grandparents and other relatives
Polygamy
The practice of having more than one wife
Bigamy
The offence of having more than one marriage
Procreation
Having children
Stability
Society that is stable where peoples rights are protected and they are able to live peacefully and be productive
Child protection
Keeping children from harm