Theme A - Relationships and Families Key Words

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  • Created on: 15-04-20 13:37
Adultry
Married person having sex with someone other than the person they are married to.
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Age of consent
The legal age a person is considered old enough to have sex - 16 in Britain.
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Celibacy
Abstaining from sexual relations
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Chastity
Being sexually pure; in a relationship. Waiting to have sex until married.
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Commitment
A relationship based in a promise to be faithful and supportive
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Contract
Binding agreements, such as a marriage contract
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Heterosexuality
A sexual relationship between people of opposite sexes
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Homosexuality
A sexual relationship between a same-sex couple
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Responsibility
What must be done as part if the commitment agreement; what a person has a duty to do
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Civil Marriage
A marriage for a couple (including same-sex as of 2014) carried out at a registry office - may be divorced or not religious.
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Civil Partnership
The legal registration of a same-sex couple, giving them some legal and financial protection
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Religious marriage
A marriage service for a couple carried out in a religious place of worship
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Annulment
The Roman Catholic way of ending a marriage. The marriage is set aside as if it were never real. However, a legal divorce must still occur to officially end it.
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Divorce
The legal ending of a marriage.
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Remarriage
A person's second (or more) marriage, after a divorce.
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Card 2

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The legal age a person is considered old enough to have sex - 16 in Britain.

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Age of consent

Card 3

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Abstaining from sexual relations

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Card 4

Front

Being sexually pure; in a relationship. Waiting to have sex until married.

Back

Preview of the back of card 4

Card 5

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A relationship based in a promise to be faithful and supportive

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