Marriage and the
Family
cohabitation
a) Nuns living in one house
b) Living together without being married
c) Marrying more than one person at a time
cohabitation
b) Living together without being married
marriage
a) Man and woman buying a house together
b) Man and woman having children
c) the condition of a man and woman legally
united for the purpose of living together
and, usually, having children
marriage
c) the condition of a man and woman legally
united for the purpose of living together
and, usually, having children
pre-marital sex
a) sex before marriage
b) under age sex
c) three person sex
pre-marital sex
a) Sex before marriage
faithfulness
a) Living together
b) staying with your marriage partner and
having sex only with
them
c) Eating meals together as a family
faithfulness
•
Staying with your marriage partner and
having sex only with
them
adultery
a) An act of sexual intercourse between a
married person and
someone other than their marriage
partner
b) Sex between people over eighteen
c) Having more than one husband
adultery
a) An act of sexual intercourse between a
married person and
someone other than their marriage
partner
promiscuity
a) Making a promise to stay with a partner
for life
b) The act of breaking a marriage vow
c) Having sex with a number of partners
without commitment
promiscuity
a) Having sex with a number of partners
without commitment
Title: Changing Attitudes to
Marriage, Divorce, Family Life
and Homosexuality in the UK
Attitudes of the Past
• In the UK in the 1960s people were generally
expected not to have sex before they were
married.
• Most people would only have one or two sexual
partners in their life.
• Most people were married by 25 and got married in
church.
• Most Households contained a husband, wife and
children.
In pairs identify in a list, the way modern society
appears different.
Divorce Rates
Attitudes Today
Today:
• Most people have sex before marriage. The average age
for first sex is younger, according to the National Survey
of Sexual Attitudes it is 16.
• The extended family is becoming more popular, as
mothers are in paid employment and use grandparents
to look after children.
• The Civil Partnership Act of 2004 created a new legal
status for gay couples. This is where same sex couples
can form a union that gives them the same as rights as a
heterosexual married couple.
• Divorce is accepted as normal; there has been a
massive increase in number of divorces.
• Single parent and reconstituted families have increased
as more people divorce.
Why The Change in
Attitudes to Sex and
Marriage?
Reasons for changes in
attitude?
Cohabitation
1.
Divorce
1.
2.
2.
Family life
1.
Homosexuality
1.
2.
2
Exam question
• Outline (describe) how attitudes to sex
and marriage have changed.(6 marks)
• You need to describe what attitudes used
to be and then describe what they are
now.
Evaluation question
“ Marriage is always better than
cohabiting.”
Do you agree? Give reasons for your
answer and show that you have
thought about different points of view.
(4 marks)