Firstly, it depends on the level of interest between both parties. If they are really interested in each other, the level of performance will generally be high, therefore resulting in a good encounter.

But performance also depends on the mood and frame of mind both parties are in.

However, I believe that in Jamaica today males get higher grades than women do. The reason for saying this is that some men engage in sexual encounters to prove their manhood or to prove that they are 'all that' to women. A man will therefore exploit all areas for an excellent and superior performance to show that he is the boss.

I would say some men deserve a 8.5 to 9.5 out of 10. Females, not that I am ignoring our level of excellence, which is sometimes full score, but the men are mostly the boasters, and in so doing conduct themselves in such a fashion to prove their point.

Stacey-Ann Patterson

patterson_staceyann@yahoo.com

JAMAICAN MEN are aggressive by nature. After all, we are the decendants of battle-tested warriors, but sex is not a war.

To be a good lover one has to be in touch with the entire self (feminine and masculine). In our culture where the 'wickedest slam' is celebrated, the man is satisfied and the woman is left 'slammed'.

Jamaican men have to realise that foreplay is not a sin, but a way to enhance the sexual experience with their partner. And, no! Foreplay doesn't have to be about cunniligus. Foreplay starts by being attentive to your partner. Jamaican men have to realise that sex is not a sport, it's not about dropping the bomb on our women or stoning them.

I ask my fellow Jamaican men to look at how they treat their women sexually, and then ask themselves whether they would like their women to treat them that way.

If the answer was no, then you have failed as a lover.

Michael Clarke

jahnubis77@hotmail.com

Firstly, the bedroom? Boring!

Why limit the action to the bedroom?

Also, sex is so repetitive and so unimaginative ... the same thing happens all the time ... so very boring!

It's better to spend some time at the beach. Enjoy the lovely blue of the sea and eat a fish!

Lisa M

SHOULD SOMEONE and I get involved in an activity and, upon completion we were flawless, we would sincerely tell each other that were both satisfied and that we individually did well.

Were we to be graded out of 100, we would get very close to that mark.

The average feedback I've got from a lot of people about their present or former relationship is that, the person or persons they are or were with performed well in the bedroom.

Jamaican men are highrollers in the bedroom. Our "significant" female counterparts are equally great. We all have our own ways of satisfying each other.

Indeed, I shall unhesitatingly say, when it comes on to rating Jamaican men and women in the bedroom it is a 50-50 tie. Thank you.

NORMAN GORDON

Highgate P.O.,St. Mary

Overall, Jamaican men are hard nuts to crack when it comes to showing their emotional feelings.

To show any sign of tenderness is against their "religion" that portrays this "macho-tough guys don't cry" madness.

Personally, I give Jamaican men 60 per cent in the bedroom. They just get-to-the-point. No caressing, no love making, no nothing. Boyfriends, husbands, after a while, they lose all sense of foreplay. They do their business and just lay dead as the Flat Bridge.

Now it's up to the women to change all that. I give the Jamaican women 90 per cent because only God is perfect. A little conversation, a little sweet wine, a little candlelight and if you can't afford the wine and candles, share a bottle of malta and open up a window to let in the moon light. The rest of the night is up to you.

NICKONA CHUNG-HUE

If I were to rate Jamaicans on their performance in the bedroom, on a scale of one to 10, it would be an eight for women and a one out of 10 for the men.

In my years of experience, the Jamaican men just do not seem to hold a candle against other more versatile and sought after men. There seems to be something missing in our culture and that I believe is the sexual passion - of being pleased and giving pleasure!

With Jamaican women, it is all about the feeling of completion and knowing when one has reached that state of bliss. Women simply know what they need to feel and how to make their men feel the same.

In a relationship that did not last very long (the man just could not fulfil my sexual needs), I simply decided to shift my desire for a mate, to another specie of intelligent, sexual and very passion filled romantics, who are not Jamaicans.

Well it's just my comment, maybe I have not found that Jamaican man who can make me feel like a woman in a sexual trance.