Relationships and Families Keywords

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Human Sexuality
How people express themselves as sexual beings.
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Heterosexual
To be sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex.
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Homosexual
To be sexually attracted to members of the same sex.
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Sex before marriage.
Sex between two single unmarried people.
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Adultery
Voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and someone who is not their spouse.
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Sex outside marriage
Sex between two people where one or both of them is married to someone else.
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Contraception
The methods used to prevent a pregnancy from taking place.
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Family Planning
Controlling how many children couples have and when they have them.
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Marriage
A legal union between a man and a woman (or in some countries, including the UK, two people of the same sex) as partners in a relationship.
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Civil partnership
Legal union of same sex couples.
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Same-sex marriage
Marriage between partners of the same sex.
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Cohabitation
A couple living together and having a sexual relationship without being married to one another.
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Divorce
Legal ending of marriage.
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Remarriage
When someone marries again while their former spouse is still alive.
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Annulment
A Catholic Church ruling that a marriage was never valid.
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Family
A group of people who are related by blood, marriage or adoption.
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Nuclear family
A couple and their children regarded as a basic social unit.
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Stepfamily
A family that is formed on the remarriage of a divorce or widowed person and that includes a child or children.
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Extended family
A family that extends beyond just parents and their children by including grandparents and other relatives as well.
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Polygamy
The practice or custom of having more than one wife at the same time.
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Bigamy
The offence of marrying someone when already married to another person.
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Same-sex parents
People of the same sex who are raising children together.
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Procreation
Producing offspring.
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Stability
Safety and security.
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Protection of children
Keeping children safe from harm.
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Education children in a faith.
Bringing up children according to the religious beliefs of the parents.
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Gender equality
Giving people the same rights and opportunities regardless of their gender.
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Gender predjudice
Unfairly judging someone because of their gender.
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Gender discrimination
Acting against someone on the basis of their gender.
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Chastity
The idea of being sexually pure.
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Card 2

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To be sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex.

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Heterosexual

Card 3

Front

To be sexually attracted to members of the same sex.

Back

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Card 4

Front

Sex between two single unmarried people.

Back

Preview of the back of card 4

Card 5

Front

Voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and someone who is not their spouse.

Back

Preview of the back of card 5
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XChloeFX

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great :)

CONO2023

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I could not see them writing needs to be bigger.

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