The Editor, Sir:

I wish to commend Mrs Esther Tyson for her insightful article last Sunday, April 6, which highlighted the slackness which has taken over the country.

Finally, somebody has been honest enough to publicly declare that the term 'dancing' is used very loosely in the carnival and dancehall contexts. The carnival coverage was a complete disgrace and several viewers privately expressed their shock at the lewd conduct of the adults and children who were wining and grinding out of control.

We cannot continue to use sex and women's bodies to promote everything from peanuts to motor vehicles, and then expect young women to aspire to greatness, based on academic and professional achievements.

I drive along Maxfield Avenue on a daily basis and every light post and wall is plastered with promotional flyers of women who are practically naked.

I also had the misfortune last night to hear a portion of FAME's programme 'Uncensored', which again objectified women and spoke of sex in very crass terms.

The major newspapers are labouring under the misguided notion that a party can only be considered 'hot' if the women are scantily clad and pictures are taken of them bending over with some gleeful male affixed to their posterior. Most of us in Jamaica long for a return to decency and order, and the media must play its critical role in making this a reality.

I am, etc.,

KAREN HENRY

St Lucia Avenue

Kingston