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19 Cards in this Set
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Serial Monogamy
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A pattern of involvement in one exclusive relationship after another, as opposed to engaging in multiple sexual relationships at the same time.
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Celibacy
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Complete sexual abstinence. (Sometimes used to describe the state of being unmarried, especially in the case of people who take vows to remain single.)
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Cohabitation
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Living together as though married but without legal sanction.
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Monogamy
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Marriage to one person.
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Plygamy
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Simultaneous marriage to more than one person.
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Gay Marriage
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Marriage to a person of the same sex.
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Polygyny
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A form of marriage in which a man is married to more than one woman at the same time.
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Polyandry
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A form of marriage in which a woman is married to more than one man at the same time.
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Open Marriage
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A marriage that is characterized by the personal privacy of the spouses and the aggreed-upon liberty of each spouse to form intimate relationships, which may include sexual relationships, with people other than the spouse.
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Group Marriage
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A social arrangement in which three or more people share an intimate relationship. Group marriages are illegal in the United States.
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Homogamy
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The practice of marrying people who are similar in social background and standing.
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Mating Gradient
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The tendency for women to "marry up" (in social or economic status) and for men to "marry down."
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Extramarital Sex
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Sexual Relations between a married person and someone other than his or her spouse.
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Conventional Adultery
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Extramarital sex that is kept hidden from one's spouse.
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Consensual Adultery
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Extramarital sex that is engaged in openly with the knowledge and consent of one's spouse.
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Swinging
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A form of consensual adultery in which both spouses share extramarital sexual experiences. Also referred to as mate-swapping.
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Comarital Sex
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Swinging; mate-swapping.
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Cerebral Palsy
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A muscular disorder that is caused by damage to the central nervous system (usually prior to or during birth) and characterized by spastic paralysis.
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Arthritis
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A progressive disease that is characterized by inflammation and pain in the joints.
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