Cake

"We have definitely become the poster children for women pursuing their sexuality," agrees Gallagher. "I think it was because we dismantled that stereotype that women only want romance and the only way they used their sexuality was to get a man. We proved women do want to be in public looking at visual imagery or getting a lapdance or dancing on stage." All women? "I think the general concept of having a public forum to express your sexuality is a universal need for women. Of course, not every woman has to have a lapdance to express her sexuality - many won't - but the concept relates to all women."

The book, however, is intended to preach to the unconverted. A mix of Nancy Friday (My Secret Garden), Alex Comfort (The Joy of Sex), Our Bodies Ourselves and Sex for Dummies, A Piece of Cake, the authors hope, will be seen as the feelgood bible for the 21st century.

"It's not that there wasn't enough information out there," Gallagher responds when I point out the glut of sex manuals on the market. "But, in our view, the information was dated. There has been new research into the G spot, female ejaculation, how your anatomy responds to your fantasies."

And so, in a mix of academic and often sexually explicit speak, the pair instruct their generation how to masturbate, with step-by-step guides to methods such as the "two-handed approach" and "around the clock", how to use vibrators ("we need to take away the stigma that they are a kinky sex toy") and discussions on new sexual positions, porn, threesomes, casual sex and fantasies, all with the proviso that women always explore within their own boundaries and comfort level.

The book also contains steamy stories from Cake members recounting their ultimate sexual fantasies. "In the car you tell me I've been a very bad girl and need to be punished. I get excited. You tell me to take off my clothes and remain naked until we get home ..." It's probably best not to read this book on the tube…

For the entire article check out: NO MORE FAKING by Sharon Krum, The Guardian UK, May 2006