Michael Flood

Michael G Flood is an Australian sociologist at the University of Wollongong. Flood gained his doctorate in gender and sexuality studies from the Australian National University. His areas of research are on violence against women, fathering, pro-feminism, domestic violence, the effects of pornography on young people, safe sex and heterosexual men, men's movements as a backlash to the feminist movement, men's relationships with each other and with women, homophobia, men's health and gender justice. He is a regular contributor to and is regularly quoted in the media on these and other issues.

Flood is a co-editor of the International Encyclopedia of Men and Masculinities, and the author of academic papers on men and gender, men’s sexualities, violence against women, homosociality, fathering, anti-violence mobilisations, and youth and pornography. Flood has also worked as a profeminist educator and activist on issues of men and gender; he is involved in community advocacy and education addressing men’s violence against women. He coordinates, edits and contributes to XYonline, a profeminist website providing a range of commentary and research on men and masculinities, male sexuality, feminism, the men's movement and male violence from a feminist perspective. He also coordinates The Men’s Bibliography, an online collection of over 22,000 works on men, masculinities, and gender.

Bibliography

• Why Divorce Rates Differ: Law, Religious Belief and Modernity, FG Castles, M Flood, in Families of nations: patterns of public policy in Western democracies, ed Francis Geoffrey Castles. Dartmouth Pub Co, 1993.
• Frequently asked questions about pro-feminist men and pro-feminist men's politics, M Flood. Australian National University, 1997. [1]
• Pro-Feminist Publishing: Delights and dilemmas. Social Alternatives, 16, 1997. [2]
• Men's movements, M Flood. Community Quarterly, 1998 [3]
• Claims about 'Husband Battering', M Flood. Domestic Violence and Incest Resource Centre (DVIRC), 1999. [4]
• Are men and women equally violent to intimate partners? A Taft, K Hegarty, M Flood. Australian and New Zealand journal of public health, 2001. [5]
• Pathways to Manhood: The social and sexual ordering of young men’s lives. Health Education Australia, 2, 2002. [6]
• Engaging Men: Strategies and dilemmas in violence prevention education among men, M Flood. Women Against Violence: An Australian Feminist Journal, CASA House (Centre Against Sexual Assault), 2003 [7]
• Youth and Pornography in Australia: Evidence on the extent of exposure and likely effects, M Flood, C Hamilton - The Australia Institute. Canberra, 2003 [8]
• Lust, trust and latex: why young heterosexual men do not use condoms, M Flood. Culture, Health & Sexuality, 2003. [9]
• Fatherhood and fatherlessness, M Flood. The Australia Institute Discussion Paper, 2003 [10]
• What’s Wrong With a Presumption of Joint Custody?. McInnes, E., G. Orkin, K. Swinbourne, and M. Flood, Family Matters, 55, 2003.
• Backlash: Angry men's movements, M Flood in The battle and backlash rage on: Why Feminism Cannot be Obsolete, Stacey Elin Rossi. Xlibris, 2004. [11]
• The Myth of Women’s False Accusations of Domestic Violence and Misuse of Protection Orders. Women Against Violence, 16, 2004-2005. [12]
• The Myth of False Accusations of Child Abuse. Women Against Violence, 16, 2004-2005. [13]
• Mapping homophobia in Australia, M Flood, C Hamilton. Australia Institute, 2005. [14]
• Women, Men, and Gun Violence: Options for action, Buchanan, C., V. Farr, M. Flood, and J. Galeria, Missing Pieces: Directions for reducing gun violence through the UN process on small arms control. Ed. Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue. Geneva: Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, 2005. [15]
• Men's Collective Struggles for Gender Justice, M Flood in Handbook of studies on men & masculinities, Michael S. Kimmel, Jeff Hearn, Raewyn Connell. Blackwell, 2005. [16]
• Changing Men: Best practice in sexual violence education. Women Against Violence, 18, 2005-2006. [17]
• Undoing Men’s Privilege and Advancing Gender Equality in Public Sector Institutions. Flood, M., and B. Pease, Policy and Society, 24, 2006. [18]
• What’s Wrong with Fathers’ Rights? Men Speak Out: Views on gender, sex, and power. Ed. S. Tarrant. Routledge, 2007. [19]
• International Encyclopedia of Men and Masculinities, eds. M. Flood, J.K. Gardiner, B. Pease, and K. Pringle. London & New York: Routledge, 2007. [20]
• Exposure to pornography among youth in Australia, M Flood. Journal of Sociology, 2007. [21]
• Involving Men in Gender Practice and Policy. Critical Half, 5, 2007. [22]
• Men, sex, and homosociality: How Bonds between Men Shape Their Sexual Relations with Women, M Flood. Men and masculinities, 2008. [23]
• Bent Straights: Diversity and flux among heterosexual men. Intimate Citizenships: Gender, Subjectivity, Politics. Ed. E.H. Oleksy. Routledge, 2008. [24]
• Violence Against Women: A key determinant of health and wellbeing., Walker, L., M. Flood, and K. Webster, Understanding Health: A Social Determinants Approach. Ed. H. Keleher and C. MacDougall. Oxford University Press, 2008.
• Rethinking the Significance of ‘Attitudes’ in Challenging Men’s Violence Against Women, Pease, B., and M. Flood, Australian Journal of Social Issues, 43, 2008.
• Everyday Anti-Sexism, M Flood in On The Road to Healing: An Anthology for Men Ending Sexism, Basil Shadid. Dual Power Press, 2009. [25]
• Reshaping Attitudes toward Violence against Women. Flood, M., B. Pease, N. Taylor, and K. Webster, Violence Against Women in Families and Relationships: Volume 4, The Media and Cultural Attitudes. Eds. E. Stark and E. Buzawa. Praeger, 2009.
• Everyday Anti-Sexism, M Flood in On The Road to Healing: An Anthology for Men Ending Sexism, Basil Shadid. Dual Power Press, 2009. [26]
• Factors Influencing Attitudes to Violence Against Women, Flood, M., and B. Pease, Trauma, Violence and Abuse, 10, 2009.
• The Harms of Pornography Exposure Among Children and Young People. Child Abuse Review, 18, 2009. [27]
• Youth, Sex, and the Internet. Counselling, Psychotherapy, and Health, 5, 2009.
• ‘Fathers’ Rights’ and the Defense of Paternal Authority in Australia. Violence Against Women, 16, 2010. [28]
• Young Men Using Porn. Everyday Pornographies. Ed. K. Boyle. Routledge, 2010. [29]
• Involving Men in Efforts to End Violence Against Women. Men and Masculinities, 14, 2011. [30]
• Building Men’s Commitment to Ending Sexual Violence Against Women. Feminism & Psychology, 21, 2011. [31]
• Men as Students and Teachers of Feminist Scholarship. Men and Masculinities, 14, 2011.

External links

• A number of papers by Flood are available on his staff page, at the University of Wollongong.
• Copies of articles and papers by Flood are available at the XYonline site.