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Flashcards in Marriage, Divorce And Family Diversity Key Words Deck (11)
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Divorce

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The legal ending of a marriage

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Close-knit community

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A community in which there are close relationships between people

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Divorce petition

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Legal request for a divorce

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Empty-shell marriages

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A marriage in which the partners no longer love each other but stay together, usually for the sake of the children

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Irretrievable

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Unable to be recovered

Broken down forever

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Monogamy

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The practice of having 1 partner

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Negative labelling

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Treating something as ‘bad’ or ‘undesirable’

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Privatised nuclear family

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A home-centred family that has little contact with extended kin or neighbours

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Reconstituted families

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Stepfamilies

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Scapegoated

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Unfairly blamed

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Serial monogamy

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A series of long-term relationships