Victoria Robinson, PhD, is reader in sociology at the University of Sheffield, UK. Her research interests are extreme sport, rock climbing in particular; gender and sexualities; and men and masculinities. Her published works include Everyday Masculinities: Male Identity and Rock Climbing; Heterosexualities: From Theory to Practices; and Maculinities in Transition. She is also coeditor, with D. Richardson, of the series Genders and Sexualities in the Social Sciences. She received her doctorate at the University of Manchester, UK.