issues of relationships

• a nuclear family consist of 2 opposite sex parents
• the extended family is when aunts, grandparents and other relatives also live with you
• The Nuclear Family - A small group consisting of two adults (usually married) and their children.
• Extended Families – The nuclear family plus any additional members such as grandparents or siblings who are not living independently.
• Single Parent Families – Where one parent has the sole responsibility for bringing up the child/children.
• Single Parent Families – Where one parent has full responsibility for the child/children.
• Reconstituted families – where there is a step-parent and step-child relationship.
• Single Parent Families – Where one parent has full responsibility for the care of the child/children.
• Reconstituted Families – When a new couple form a relationship where at least one partner already has dependent children from another relationship.
• Lone-Parent Households – Single parents who do not cohabit with anyone else.
• Reconstituted Families – When parents remarry following divorce or separation.
• Same Sex Couples – Two people of the same gender who have formed an intimate relationship.
• Stepfamilies – When a new spouse enters into an existing family unit.
• Cohabiting couples – unmarried partners who live together but do not marry.
• Blended Families – Stepfamilies that include both biological and adopted children, often referred to as ‘step’ families.
• Cohabiting couples are those living together without being married, but may be civil partners.
• Marriage – A legal union between two individuals that creates rights and obligations.
• Divorce – The process by which a marriage can be legally dissolved.
• Blended families - A family that is made up of two separate families, usually as a result of marriage or re-marriage.
• Glick’s Model of the Family Life Cycle consists of three stages; prefamily, family formation and parental role adjustment.
• The Family Life Cycle is a model that describes how families change over time, it was developed by Glick (1974).
• Pre-Family Stage - This stage begins when individuals leave their own family home to start living independently. It ends when they decide to get married or enter into a long term partnership.
• why may extended family live with them?

  financial reasons, physical reasons , cultural reasons
• in 1900 what percentage of women were employed outside the home?

  30
• in 2018 71 percent of British women were employed 30 percent of MPs were women and 57 percent of people attending university were women
• the representation of the people act in 1928 gave the vote to women over 30
• in 1970 the equal pay act was introduced, this meant that women were paid the same as men for the same work
• in 1975 the sex discrimination act was introduced, which made it illegal to discriminate against people on the grounds of sex
• many religions teach that although men and women have equal value they have different roles to plau
• islam and catholicism only permit men to act as imams or priests
• What is the definition of gender equality?

  All people regardless of gender having the same opportunities and rights
• gender prejudice means


  judging someone on their gender alone
• discrimination means

  actions caused by prejudice
• in 1870 the married women's property act was instated
• the equality act of 2010 makes discrimination against women illegal
• what are gender stereotypes

  fixed ideas of how people should behave or act based on their gender