This essay examines the marketplace of female sexuality in the Caribbean. Duvivier analyses issues of class, race and gender to paint a better understanding of the sexual economy that aids in boosting the tourism industries in various Caribbean countries. The Black female body in Guitele Jeudy Rahill’s novella Violated (2001) and Rick Elgood and Don Letts’ film Dancehall Queen (1997) is symbolizing the potential for basic survival, financial security and socioeconomic advancement for the girls/women in question and their families.