Mary Evans is Professor of Sociology and Women's Studies at the University of Kent, Canterbury. Among her books are, 'Love: An Unromantic Discussion', (Polity 2002), 'Introducing Contemporary Feminist Thought', (Polity 1997), 'Real Bodies: A Sociological Introduction', (Palgrave 2002) and 'Killing Thinking: The Death of Universities', (Continuum 2005) We published Mary's book, 'Gender and Social Theory' in 2003 as part of our 'Theorising Society' series.