Relationships and Sex Education Flashcards
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What is a nuclear family?
This is a family that is made up of a married heterosexual (man and woman) couple and their children, living together as a unit.
What is an extended family?
Parents living with their children as well as additional relatives such as grandparents and/or aunts and uncles.
What is a re-constituted family?
This is when two families join together after one or both partners have divorced their previous partners. This family option can sometimes be referred to as the step family.
What is a single parent family?
This type of family consists of a parent not living with a partner, who has most of the day to day responsibilities for raising the child/ren.
What is same-sex parenting?
This is a family made up of two homosexual adults (two women or two men) with adoptive children or children biologically related to one parent.
What is secularisation?
Movement away from religion.
What is cohabitation?
Living together and having a sexual relationship without being married.
How has the role of women changed?
1) Women are no longer expected to be housewives. 2) Women have become less financially dependent. 3) Some women no longer feel as if they must get married and others, are able to get a divorce more easily.
When was same-sex marriage legalised in the UK?
2014
What is a sacrament?
A religious ceremony or ritual regarding as imparting divine grace (God’s love).
What might Catholics discuss at marriage preparation classes?
The 5 Cs - Cohabitation; Commitment; Compromise; Communication and Cash.
What are the different purposes of a Catholic marriage?
Marriage is a sacrament; To live together forever; to support each other; to willingly accept children and to live a good Catholic family life.
What questions might the priest ask during the marriage ceremony?
1] Have you come here freely and without reservation to give yourselves to each other in marriage?
2] Will you honour each other as man and wife for the rest of your lives?
3] Will you accept children lovingly from God, and bring them up according to the law of Christ and His Church?
What is pre-marital sex?
Sex before marriage.
What is adultery?
Cheating on your partner.
What do all Christians believe about adultery?
It is wrong as in the 10 Commandments it states: ‘Thou shalt not commit adultery.’
What do different Christians believe about pre-marital sex?
Catholic Church: pre-marital sex is sinful as sex should only occur for procreation. The best environment to have children in within a marriage.
Church of England: pre-marital sex can be justified if the couple intend to get married.
Evangelical Church: pre-marital is never allowed and Christians should take part in the Unaltered Ministries - a virginity pledge (silver ring).
What is contraception?
This is the deliberate use of artificial methods to prevent a pregnancy.
What is conception?
When the sperm meets the egg and life is created.
List four types of contraception.
Condom, Contraceptive Pill, the Implant and the Coil.
What is natural family planning?
Monitoring a woman’s ovulation cycle to determine when she is most fertile and least fertile in order to make a decision on when to have sexual intercourse.
What does the Catholic Church teach about the use of contraception?
The use of artificial contraception is sinful as it stops the creation of children and goes against God’s command to be ‘fruitful and multiply.’ Natural family planning is allowed.
What does the Church of England teach about the use of contraception?
‘Contraception is not a sin or going against God’s purpose’ They should use their conscience when making decisions around family planning.
What do Humanists believe about the use of contraception?
As they do not believe in ‘God’, they believe that the use of contraception is a matter of personal choice. It is also useful as a means of controlling the population to a sustainable level.
