Men only think about one thing - sex. Right?

Wrong, says erotic services provider Letitcia.

In her expert view, men are obsessed with two things - sex and parking. The former, without the latter, is rarely worth the bother.

She said: "The third world war may be declared, famine, plague and pestilence may sweep the globe, civilisations may crumble and governments may be overturned but the overriding questions on every man's lips are: 'Can I get laid? and 'What's the parking like round there?'

The bedroom secrets of prostitutes and their clients normally stay behind locked doors. But Letitcia, who is is a working girl and proud of it, is laying the sex industry bare.

She doesn't like the word prostitute. "It's too hard and cold. I am a sex worker, an erotic services provider," she says.

It is a subject she is uniquely qualified to talk about.

Letitcia, from Kemp Town, Brighton, has worked in the sex industry for most of her adult life. Now she is sharing the benefit of her experience with others in a book.

Body Worship is an eyebrow-raising, unapologetically un-PC account of her sexual career.

In between tales of clients and their predilections she blows apart sexual myths and offers enthusiastically-researched advice on achieving a more interesting and fulfilling time between the sheets.

Australian men she says, make lousy lovers. The Japanese are eager to please, the Malaysians are sexual hypocrites, although Asian men in general make sensual lovers. British men come in a variety of guises - malodorous, kinky, exploitative and, now and then, considerate enough to want to give a girl a good time.

"On the whole Mr Briton doesn't do too shabbily at all," she said.

She is quick to reassure women not all men are looking for perfect bodies.

"This is something women fail to realise. It doesn't matter how perfect your features are, what weight or breast size you are. If you can't hold your mate's attention sexually and if you aren't continually being inventive and exploring areas of sensuality, your looks alone will not save the day.

"To paraphrase music colossus Kid Rock: If it looks good, you'll see it. If it's marketed right, you'll buy it. But if it's the real you, you'll feel it.

"Men want someone warm, rather than somebody beautiful."

She said the biggest mistake made by British lovers was failing to appreciate the whole body.

"If Great Britain were the female body, Land's End and John o'Groat's would never get so much as a cursory glance, let alone a nuzzle of affection.

"I've met couples who pore over travel brochures for months. Pity they don't spend a fraction of that time discovering what really turns each other on."

She suggests a month's sexual abstinence followed by a motorway challenge - pretending the M25 is closed and exploring the B-roads.

"It may not be the quickest route but it will be a sweet ride. It is that feeling of being worshipped that is so beguiling. It's not about penetration, it is about feeling."

In the book she reveals the baffling array of underwear and 'tools' clients present her with - sometimes they raid Halfords before an appointment.

She also reveals what she said to Julie Burchill that left the writer open-mouthed.

What Letitcia doesn't know about sex could be written on the back of a stamp, she says.

But her adventurous professional experience is very different from her personal life.

"People think I must be a kinkoid but my private sexuality is rather vanilla - quite plain."

Letitcia, was brought up as a Catholic in Norfolk but spent many years in Australia, where she found herself living on the doorstep of a brothel and decided to 'enrol'. She settled in England 12 years ago.

She likes Brighton but for all its reputation as the dirty weekend capital of England, she says the city does not live up to its liberated claim to fame.

She said: "I think it parochial and small-minded. There is still prejudice and bigotry. However, I have no plans to move on."

The book races through the underbelly of human sensuality from beach bum gigolos, dating agencies and domination to sex aids and the rate for the job.

Letitcia would like to set up an Academy of Erotic Excellence to give young men the best possible sexual start in life.

Body Worship by Letitcia is on sale at Clone Zone, Chulo and Cardome in St James's Street, Brighton, priced £8.99, or through Flesh Press, phone 01273 470100 or log on to www.pomegranate-press.co.uk