Key terms

• Cohabitation – Living with someone (and being in a sexual relationship with them) without being married.
• Family Planning - The practice of controlling the number of children one has and the intervals between their births (by using contraception).
• Gender Prejudice - Holding biased opinions about people based on their gender.
• Gender Discrimination - Acting against people based on their gender.
• Compassion – Kindness
• Polygamy – Being married to more than one person. Technically, Islam allows husbands to take up to four wives (this is rare in practice).