Families and Households 3

What does secularisation mean?

Decline in religion

What is a civil partnership?

Legally recognised union with rights similar to marriage

What is a civil marriage?

Non-religious marriage

What is an empty shell marriage?

Married couples who have no connection

What is separation?

Married couples who aren’t together

What is cohabitation?

Living together as a non-married couple

What is female emancipation?

Setting women free from restrictions

What is serial monogamy?

Dating many people one after another

What is the pure relationship?

Couples who stay together until one persons needs are no longer met

What is stigma?

Awkwardness/negative attitude towards a certain topic

What is a life course?

Development and change in people’s lives over periods of time

Why may people cohabit?

• Trial for marriage

• Substitute to marriage

• Fear of divorce

Name one reason why divorce rates have increased.

Changes in law

What is matrifocal lone-parent family?

Family where the single parent is the mother

What is a lone-parent family?

Only one parent

What do De’Ath and Slater argue about reconstituted families?

Tensions between step family is high

What do Allan and Crow argue about the reconstituted family?

Complexities with discipline are likely due to divided loyalties

What does Carol Smart argue about life course?

People aren’t that unaffected by social forces - they consider others in their choices