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Why women give men 'jacket'? Social pressure, financial security cited as major causes

Jamaica Gleaner News: "The revelation that some 33 per cent of Jamaican men have been named 'father' to children they have not sired has brought into sharp focus some moral and socioeconomic issues affecting women in Jamaica. 'The truth is that the phenomenon is complex, as well as human,' says gender consultant, Dr. Glenda Simms, in dismissing the stereotypes of the faithless wife with regular lovers, as well as the bored housewife."

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  1. Anonymous8:50 AM

    Isn't it funny how when men don't support children in the caribbean they are castigated in the worst way.I have always contended that the reason men may not support children is that they may not believe them to be their own.However it is true that many men financcially support children even when they believe them to be those of another man.Now we are hearing all kinds of excuses for women.I think it is a kind of fraud really....

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