Factors leading to unsuccessful marriages in the Caribbean

Factors Leading to Unsuccessful Marriages in The Caribbean
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Most Caribbean countries and Jamaica reports a high rate of unsuccessful marriages. The first source taken from the final essay was written by Carpenter Karen who researched the Interweaving Tapestries of Culture and Sexuality in the Caribbean in 2017. Carpenter Karen is a psychologist and clinical sexologist in Jamaica thus she is a credible source. The second source was research conducted by Gray, Reece, Coore, Dinnal, Pellington, and Samms in 2015 investigating sexuality among father of newborns. The essay will show how the culture of sexuality contributes to high cases of unsuccessful marriages and divorces in Jamaica and the Caribbean. Inadequate sex satisfaction and fear of communicating sex matters contribute to breakups.
The two sources prove that the culture of sexuality contributes to increased failed marriage in Jamaica and Carribean. According to Gray et al. (2015), fathers in those countries leave their marriages, and others have multiple sexual partners due to dissatisfaction in sex from their wives. Carpenter shows that most marriages fail due to having multiple partners to satisfy sexual drive an act that breach the marriage contract.
Also, the articles show a similar stand in that most marriages in Caribbean and Jamaica fails due to fear to communicate effectively to the partners on matters related to sex. Research conducted by Carpenter shows that many couples become unfaithful due to fear to express what they love during sex.

Thus, the couple lies from the beginning of the relationship by getting sexual satisfaction from outside marriage (Carpenter, 2017). The other research by Gray et al. (2015) also shows that most engage in multiple sex partners especially with other men since they are open on the nature of sex they want for satisfaction.
The two sources differ in that context coverage. Gray et al. (2015) base the culture of sexuality on the men’s perspective where male are believed to have high sex drive leading to multiple partners. Thus, men are the primary contributors to most broken marriages. On the other hand, Carpenter’s article covers sexuality on both genders. The two genders have sex desire which they fear to communicate leading to sexual dissatisfaction which causes marriage breakups. Also, the language used is different in that Gray et al. (2015) use a formal language while Carpenter has used informal tone to deliver her message. Carpenter incorporates various works from Caribbean psychologists in Jamaica and Trinidad who try to explain the issue of gender and sexuality easily. The instances of informal language are found where Carpenter tries to explain the influence of pop music on sexuality and self-identity of “women who have sex with women.” The interview conducted is also informal. Gray et al. (2015) have made use of formal research language when explaining how a partner’s pregnancy affect the sexuality of a man.
In conclusion, the two sources show that the culture of sexuality contributes to failing marriage in Jamaica and the Caribbean. Most spouses have multiple sex partners to satisfy their sex drive which their partners do not offer. Thus, couples should openly communicate with each other on the matters related to sex to ensure their marriages are successful and both partners are satisfied.

References
Carpenter, K. (Ed.). (2017). Interweaving Tapestries of Culture and Sexuality in the Caribbean. Springer. Retrieved from https://books.google.co.ke/books?hl=en&lr=&id=z9UuDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PR5&dq=Interweaving+Tapestries+of+Culture+and+Sexuality+in+the+Caribbean+-+2017&ots=qQmdQOZ1AR&sig=C0qL11nvF-RlBOaqRr1WuVvG7eA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Interweaving%20Tapestries%20of%20Culture%20and%20Sexuality%20in%20the%20Caribbean%20-%202017&f=false
Gray, P. B., Reece, J. A., Coore-Desai, C., Dinnall-Johnson, T., Pellington, S., & Samms-Vaughan, M. (2015). Sexuality among fathers of newborns in Jamaica. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 15(1), 44.