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• Stereotype


  A widely held oversimplified idea of a person or thing
• Stereotypes

  • All women are bad drivers
  • Women should stay at home to raise children while their husbands go out to work
• Close to half the public agreed "a man's job is to earn money; a woman's job is to look after the home and family"


  Mid-1980s
• 33% of people said they think that a mother should stay at home when there is a child under school age


  2012
• Women still undertake a disproportionate amount of unpaid labour within the home and are much more likely to view their contribution as being unfair: only 10% of men said that they undertake an unfair amount vs. 60% of women
• 97.76% of Nursery Nurses and Assistants are women
• 99.19% of Mechanics and Electricians are men
• Glass ceiling


  The barrier to success that many women come up against in their careers
• Although women are statistically more likely to have a college or university degree than men, they often still face significant barriers to success
• Woman in higher-paying positions still make significantly less than men
• Reasons the glass ceiling still affects women

  • Education
  • Psychological
  • Flexibility
• Gender equality


  All people of all genders can enjoy the same rights and opportunities in all aspects of their lives
• In many religions, such as Christianity, men and women have traditionally had different roles to play
• Some Christians believe that men and women should have different roles because they believe that God made men and women differently. Other Christians believe that men and women were both made in the image of God and should be treated equally.
• Most Protestant Churches allow women to become ministers or priests. In 2014 the Church of England finally voted, after years of debate, to allow women to become bishops.
• Christian marriage

  The uniting of one man and one woman to form one body in love and commitment
• Purposes of Christian marriage


  • To unite with someone they love for the rest of their lives
  • A sacrament
  • To have children who can be raised as part of the Christian faith
• Sacrament


  A religious ceremony or ritual which is blessed by God, such as baptism or marriage
• Mark 10.6-9: 'But at the begining of creation God made men me and Tensie. For this reason a man weave his father and momer and be united to his wife, and the two will become one feah. So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate'
• Humanist marriage


  A non-religious wedding that marks the commitment of two people to share their lives together
• Elements of a Humanist wedding ceremony


  • Music
  • An introduction that sets out the nature, purpose, and importance of marriage
  • Readings
  • A ritual of commitment for the bride and groom
  • Ritual actions (exchange of rings, embrace, candle-lighting, wine cup ritual, hand-fasting)
  • Formal words pronouncing the couple married
  • A non-religious blessing of the marriage
• Arranged marriage in Islam


  Marriages are social contracts which bring rights and obligations to both parties, and can only be successful when these are mutually respected and cherished. The marriages are frequently arranged by the parents of the young people, as parents are encouraged to do their best to see their offspring settled with good life-partners.
• If the marriage contract is broken either party can seek a divorce.
• Islam recognises that marriages can go wrong and break down for all sorts of reasons.
• Forced marriage


  A marriage where one or both participants are pressured into marriage without their consent. They may have been emotionally blackmailed, physically threatened or abused.
• No major world faith advocates forced marriages although some may try to justify it on religious grounds
• Reasons for divorce


  • Mental health troubles
  • Money issues
  • Falling out of love
  • Poor communication
  • Addiction
  • Cheating
  • Domestic abuse
• Between 2018 and 2019, 72,100 civil law cases were about divorce. There were 7379 divorces granted. This is an increase of 7.5% compared to 2017-18 when 6873 divorces took place.
• Children often have feelings of loss, anger, confusion, anxiety and many others. A child may feel a sense of loss. For some children a divorce or separation also means as well as losing their home they also lose the way of their life.
• Matthew 19:9: 'I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, and marries another woman commits adultery.'
• The Church of Scotland states that marriage is not understood in the Church of Scotland to be a sacrament, and therefore binding for ever. A minister may therefore conduct the marriage of a divorced person whose former spouse is still alive.
• The Roman Catholic Church states that marriage is a sacred bond, one that is based on life-long love, faithfulness, and family. Marriage is both a legal bond on earth and spiritual bond which God has witnessed. This cannot be broken using earthly laws.
• Annulment


  A declaration that the marriage was never valid in the first place. It is not the same as a divorce.
• Grounds for an annulment


  • Psychological incapacity to understand the commitment marriage entails
  • One of the partners has hidden information such as a previous marriage, or infertility
  • Contraception
• Contraception


  Any artificial products or methods used to prevent pregnancy. Can be used by both men and women.
• For as long as sex has existed, so too have methods of contraception. A lot of contraception over time has been incredibly dangerous and ineffective. In the mid 20th century, it started to become more effective, with contraception becoming widely available. However, these new forms of contraception caused moral panic for religious groups.
• Condom


  Effectiveness: 82%. Made of latex or other materials.
• Until the start of the 20th Century all Christian churches disapproved of artificial contraception. Today most Christian churches are accepting of contraception, providing it isn't used to encourage promiscuous behaviour.
• The only Christian church that still prohibits artificial contraception is the Roman Catholic Church.
• Incapacity to understand the commitment marriage entails

  Grounds for annulment