theme a key vocab

cohabitation

• couple living together

• without being married/in civil partnership

compassion

• sympathy and concern

• for the suffering

• of others

contraception

• precautions taken

• to prevent pregnancy

• and to protect against contracting or transmitting

• STIs

divorce

legal ending of a marriage

extended family

• family unit

• comprising of 2 parents

• and their children

• but also

• grandparents, cousins and other family members

family planning

• planning when to have a family

• and how big a family to have

• by use of birth control practices

• and/or contraception

gender discrimination

• acting on prejudices

• against someone

• because of their gender

gender equality

• belief that all gender have equal value

• so discrimination against any gender is wrong

gender prejudice

• negative thoughts, feelings or beliefs

• about a person or group

• based on their gender

heterosexuality

• being physically/sexually attracted

• to persons

• of the opposite gender

homosexuality

• being physically/sexually attracted

• to persons

• of the same gender

nuclear family

• family unit

• made up of 2 parents

• and their children

polygamy

• practice

• of having multiple spouses

procreation

having a child

remarriage

• marriage for the second time

• after divorce ending

• an earlier marriage

vows

• promises made

• during a marriage ceremony