She had also formed liaisons with persons in hotels in both places and was able to earn enough to purchase more goods. One day, three years later, Thelma turned up at Paula's home with her six month old baby. Kenneth hadn't given her child support for the past three months. By this time Jean was giving Paula trouble. Over the last twenty years Caribbean women have gradually mobilised themselves to the point of changing their role in society and the family.
Women are now more consistently outperforming men in the workplace and boys in the school setting.
Women are increasingly owning property and choosing to raise children on their own. There exists more camaraderie among women and a number of national women's organisations have been formed to ensure their continuous empowerment. Men have found it difficult to adjust to this role change. Men find women to be too assertive. Others find it difficult to accept that women have their own resources.