One reader from London named Tesha B. said "Blakka, Yuh ah crack mi up boss! I am from England and you are so right! The men here would never do or say half the things Jamaican men would. I go back home every year and every time I am faced with new chat-up lines from the Jamaicans. Already I have had about four wedding proposals, seven declarations of love, and millions of requests to have sex. It is definitely a cultural issue. Because all my family are from Jamaica I just ignore it and understand that. However, I have friends from other European cities, Asia and Africa and they would not understand, and would see it as very rude and disrespectful!

Another sister put it like this: "Blakka, I have lived in Jamaica, as well as other countries around the world, and I found Jamaican men by far to be the most brazen. I consider myself to be attractive. Yet, I can go years in the States without having a man ogle me. I cannot say the same about Jamaica. The moment I get off the airplane, men are crawling all over me. While I am not complaining, I believe some men are way too pushy and don't have any concept of personal space. As a "foreigner" I am turned off by some Jamaican men who are willing to sell their souls for an opportunity to go a foreign. I love my Jamaican men but I want to be able to walk the streets without being touched, harassed, or given a lesson in acrobatics."

I didn't hear much from my brothers. Out of over 25 written responses to the article, only two came from men. One from a brethren name Gregory who said "Canada is the home of gays, so their youths think different from ours, I am not saying you should harass a girl sexually, but if a girl looks attractive then nothing is wrong with compliments in the highest respect like 'baby u smile bright like the sun'

The other man is Maurice, a fellow Excelsiorian in Toronto, who stated: Mi like yu article boss! Yu 100 per cent right. Same ting mi sey to miself all di time.

Woman and man,wha unnu seh?

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