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Yet such sentiments were echoed by many of the women I spoke to this week. In some cases, indeed, 'helping race relations' seems to extend to enjoying the attentions of a number of different men during their stay.

At one of the grander hotels at the north end of Negril beach, two British women in their late 30s are giggling over the charms of one of the waiters at the poolside bar.

"He's just so young, though," one says. "The younger the better," says the other. "That way they have more stamina." The two roar with laughter as they engage in some crude banter about the rumoured sexual prowess of the local men.

Later, one of the two, who gives her name as Anne and says she is an accountant, admits that she came away with a girlfriend for a fortnight's holiday with the express desire to bed a local man.

After a few cocktails at the bar, she admits that she has 'fooled around' with three hotel workers during the course of the week, although her latest lover is 'by far the cutest'. Such liaisons are, of course, frowned upon by the hotel, but for many of the young workers it is an unspoken perk of the job.

For the past three nights, Anne has waited until 3am, when her latest lover finishes his shift, for him to visit her in her room.

With astonishing, not to mention unedifying frankness, she happily describes her young lover's physical attributes in explicit detail. "He's a baby really," she laughs. "There's not a flaw on him.