Dr Michael Flood

Research Specialisation

• Sociology of gender, especially in relation to men and masculinities
• Sexualities and especially male sexuality and heterosexuality
• Sociology of interpersonal violence
• Sexual and reproductive health, including HIV/AIDS
• Qualitative methods and epistemologies

Publications

Edited Books

The International Encyclopedia of Men and Masculinities. Taylor & Francis (with J. Gardiner, B. Pease, and K. Pringle) (2007).

Refereed Journal Articles

“Men, Sex, and Homosociality: How bonds between men shape their sexual relations with women.” Men and Masculinities (in press).

“Involving Men in Gender Practice and Policy.” Critical Half 5 (2007).

“Exposure to Pornography Among Youth in Australia.” Journal of Sociology 43 (2007).

“Undoing Men’s Privilege and Advancing Gender Equality in Public Sector Institutions.” Policy and Society 24 (2006) (with B. Pease).

“Changing Men: Best practice in sexual violence education.” Women Against Violence 18 (2005-2006).

“The myth of women’s false accusations of domestic violence and misuse of protection orders.” Women Against Violence 16 (2004-2005).

“The myth of false accusations of child abuse.” Women Against Violence 16 (2004-2005).

“What’s Wrong With a Presumption of Joint Custody?” Family Matters 55 (2003) (with E. McInnes, G. Orkin, and K. Swinbourne).

“Lust, Trust and Latex: Why young heterosexual men do not use condoms.” Culture, Health, & Sexuality 5 (2003).

“Engaging Men: Strategies and dilemmas in violence prevention education among men.” Women Against Violence: A Feminist Journal 13 (2002-2003).

“Pathways to Manhood: The social and sexual ordering of young men’s lives.” Health Education Australia 2 (2002).

“Are Men and Women Equally Violent to Intimate Partners?” Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 25 (2001) (with A. Taft and K. Hegarty).

“Men’s Collective Anti-violence Activism and the Struggle for Gender Justice.” Development (Special Issue: Violence against Women and the Culture of Masculinity) 44 (2001).

“Men’s Movements.” Community Quarterly (Special Issue: Masculinities) 46 (1998).

“Divorce, the Law and Social Context: Families of nations and the legal dissolution of marriage.” Acta Sociologica 34 (1991) (with F.G. Castles).

“Pro-Feminist Publishing: Delights and dilemmas.” Social Alternatives 16 (1997).

Book Chapters

“Engaging Men: Strategies and dilemmas in violence prevention education among men.” The  Value-base of Helping Professions. Open University Press (in press).

“Bent Straights: Diversity and flux among heterosexual men.” Intimate Citizenships: Gender, Subjectivity, Politics. Ed. E.H. Oleksy. Routledge. (Also in Tozsamosc I Obywatelstwo W Spoleczenstwie Wielokulturowym. Ed. E.H. Oleksy. Polish Scientific Publishers.) (in press)

“Youth, Sex, and the Internet.” Using the Internet for Mental Health. Ed. G. Martin. ACER Press (in press).

“Violence Prevention with Men: Strategies and challenges.” In El Juego del Hombre: Las masculinidades (A Game for Men: Masculinities), ed. J. C. Ramirez (in press).

“Living a Profeminist Life.” In What We Think: Gender Roles, Women's Issues and Feminism in the 21st Century, ed. A. Nieves (in press).

“What’s Wrong with Fathers’ Rights?” Men Speak Out. Ed. S. Tarrant. Routledge (in press).

“Women, Men, and Gun Violence: Options for action.” 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 (with C. Buchanan et al.).

“Backlash: Angry men’s movements.” The Battle and Backlash Rage On: Why Feminism Cannot Be Obsolete. Ed. S.E. Rossi. Xlibris Press, 2004.

“Men’s Collective Struggles for Gender Justice: The case of anti-violence activism.” Handbook for Studies of Masculinities. Ed. M. Kimmel, R.W. Connell and J. Hearn. Sage, 2004.

“Between Men and Masculinity: An assessment of the term “masculinity” in recent scholarship on men.” Manning the Next Millennium: Studies in Masculinities. Ed. S. Pearce and V. Muller. Black Swan Press, 2002.

“Specialist Programs – To reach all the boys”. I Can Hardly Wait Till Monday: Women teachers talk about what works for them and for boys. Ed. D. Hartman. University of Newcastle Press, 1999 (with S. Eastwood).

“Why Divorce Rates Differ: Law, religious belief and modernity.” Families of Nations: Patterns of public policy in Western democracies. Ed. F.G. Castles. Hampshire: Dartmouth, 1993 (with F.G. Castles).

Research Monographs

Preventing Violence Before It Occurs: A framework and background paper to guide the primary prevention of violence against women in Victoria. Melbourne: Victorian Health Promotion Foundation.

AFL Respectful Behaviours in Sport: Review of Adult Education & Behaviour Change Literature and Evaluation of 2005 Training. Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, March 2007 (with S. Dyson, A. Mitchell & C. Fox).

The Factors Influencing Community Attitudes in Relation to Violence Against Women: A Critical Review of the Literature. Melbourne: Victorian Health Promotion Foundation, 2006 (with B. Pease).

Mapping Homophobia in Australia. The Australia Institute, Web Paper, July 2005 (with C. Hamilton).

Off to Work: Commuting in Australia. The Australia Institute, Discussion Paper No. 77, February 2005 (with C. Barbato).

Mapping Loneliness in Australia. The Australia Institute, Discussion Paper No. 76, February 2005.

Lost Children: Condemning children to long-term disadvantage. The Australia Institute, Discussion Paper No. 64, May 2004.

Fatherhood and Fatherlessness. The Australia Institute, Discussion Paper No. 59, November 2003.

Pacific Men’s Health Workshop, 14-18 October 2002, Nadi, Fiji: Report. Canberra: Australian Reproductive Health Alliance, March 2003 (with M. Kenyon, J. Power, and M. Kaitani).

Regulating Youth Access to Pornography. The Australia Institute, Discussion Paper No. 53, March 2003 (with C. Hamilton).

Youth and Pornography in Australia: Evidence on the extent of exposure and likely effects. The Australia Institute, Discussion Paper No. 52, February 2003 (with C. Hamilton).

Other Non-refereed Publications

“Why Violence Against Women and Girls Happens, and How To Prevent It.” Redress: Journal of the Association of Women Educators 16 (2007).

“Men’s Movement in Western Australia.” Historical Encyclopedia of Western Australia. Ed. J. Gregory and J. Gothard. University of Western Australia (in press).

“Fathers’ Rights.” The International Encyclopedia of Men and Masculinities. Ed. M. Flood, J.K. Gardiner, B. Pease, and K. Pringle. Taylor & Francis (2007).

“Gender Order.” The International Encyclopedia of Men and Masculinities (2007).

“Men’s Movements.” The International Encyclopedia of Men and Masculinities (2007).

“Men’s Relations With Men.” The International Encyclopedia of Men and Masculinities (2007).

“Violence, Men As Victims Of.” The International Encyclopedia of Men and Masculinities (2007).

“Suicide.” The International Encyclopedia of Men and Masculinities (2007).

“Pornography.” The International Encyclopedia of Men and Masculinities (2007) (with M. Cowburn).

“Enabling and Inspiring Men.” Trust Women (Victorian Women’s Trust) 18 (2006).

“Violence Against Women and Men in Australia: What the Personal Safety Survey can and can’t tell us about domestic violence.” Domestic Violence and Incest Resource Centre Newsletter Summer (2006).

Opinion-editorial, The Sydney Morning Herald, “Failure to filter allows child porn a free run.” 6 October 2004.

Review of The Life of Brian: Masculinities, Sexualities and Health in New Zealand. International Journal of Men’s Health 3 (2004).

Opinion-editorial, The Bangkok Post, “Men’s role in gender equality.” 31 August 2004.

Opinion-editorial, The Canberra Times, “Blokes behaving badly a symptom of a sexist sub-culture.” 31 May 2004.

“Men, Gender, and Development.” Development Bulletin 64 (2004).

Opinion-editorial, The Sydney Morning Herald, “Playing by the rules isn’t a game.” 3 March 2004.

Opinion-editorial, The Canberra Times, “We must find ways to give boys more exposure to male role models.” 23 February 2004.

Opinion-editorial, The Sydney Morning Herald, “Booze, bravado and male honour make for a culture of violence.” 23 January 2004.

“Men’s Role in Building Gender Equality.” Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse Newsletter 17 (2004).

“Lads in Latex? Why young heterosexual men don’t use condoms.” Impact (London-based journal of the National AIDS Trust) 4 ((2003).

“Domestic Violence.” Encyclopedia of Men and Masculinities. Ed. M. Kimmel and A. Aronson. ABC-Clio Press, 2003.

“Youth, Sex and Education.” YACSAround (Newsletter of the Youth Affairs Council of South Australia) October (2003).

“Fathers, Families and Custody.” Trust Women (Newsletter of the Victorian Women’s Trust) October (2003).

“Educating children about sex is the best way to keep them out of danger.” Online Opinion, 29 July 2003.

“Men, Gender and Condoms.” HIV Australia 2 (2003).

Opinion-editorial, The Age, “How we can protect our children from internet porn.” 5 March 2003.

“Young People and Sexual Health in 2002.” Healthlink: The Health Promotion Journal of the ACT Region Autumn (2002) (with R. Drysdale).

“Hot and Healthy Sex.” Boys’ Stuff: Boys talking about what matters. Ed. W. Martino and M. Pallotta-Chiarolli. Allen & Unwin, 2001.

“Claims About Husband Battering.” DVAR: Domestic Violence Action and Resources (Domestic Violence Resource Centre) 8 (2000).

“Heterosexual Men’s Sexuality.” On The Level (Family Planning Association NSW) 3 (1995).

Web Resources

The Men’s Bibliography: A comprehensive online bibliography of writing on men, masculinities, gender, and sexualities, listing over 16 000 works (16th edition, 2007).

URL: http://mensbiblio.xyonline.net/

XYonline: Online magazine focused on men, masculinities, and gender politics. Coordinator and founder: 2001-.

URL: http://www.xyonline.net

PROFEM: Electronic mail list focused on men, masculinities, and gender relations. Moderator and co-founder: 1997-.

URL: http://www.xyonline.net/misc/profem.html

Conference Papers:

(a) Keynote and Invited Addresses

“Boys, Sex, and Porn: New technologies and old dangers.” Whatever Happened to Child Sexual Abuse? BASPSCAN and Nottingham Trent University Unit for Critical Studies in Men and Masculinities, London, 29 November 2007.

“Harmful Traditional and Cultural Practices related to Violence against Women and Successful Strategies to Eliminate such Practices – Working with Men.” United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) Expert Group Meeting - Strategies for implementing the recommendations from the Secretary-General’s Study on Violence against Women with Particular Emphasis on the Role of National Machineries, Bangkok, Thailand, 26-27 April 2007.

“Explaining, and Preventing, Intimate Partner Violence.” Keynote Address, Women’s Domestic Violence Court Assistance Program (Legal Aid Commission) – Ten year anniversary celebration, Sydney, 8 March 2007.

“Violence Prevention With Men: Strategies and Challenges.”Keynote Address, II International Colloquium of Studies on Men and Masculinities, Guadalajara, Mexico, 21-23 June 2006.

“The Debate Over Men’s Versus Women’s Family Violence.” Invited Address, AIJA (Australian Institute of Judicial Administration) Family Violence Conference, Adelaide, 23-24 February 2006.

“Separated Fathers and the Fathers’ Rights Movement.” Invited Address, Feminism, Law and the Family Workshop, Law School, University of Melbourne, 24 February 2006.

“Mainstreaming Men in Gender and Development.” Invited Address, AusAID Gender Seminar Series, Canberra, 8 December 2005.

“Father’s Rights and Family Law.” Invited Address, Community Law in the 21st Century: National Community Legal Centres Conference, Canberra, 9-12 October 2005.

“Fathers’ Rights and Violence Against Women.” Keynote Address, Refocusing Women’s Experiences of Violence, Sydney, 14-16 September 2005.

“Raising the Profile of Domestic Violence as a Gender-Based Issue.” Invited Address, Women’s Domestic Violence Court Assistance Program Conference (Legal Aid Commission), Sydney, 31 August – 1 September 2005.

“Children, the Internet, and Pornography.” Invited Address, Sexual Integrity Forum, Parliament House, Canberra, 8-9 August 2005.

“Sexual Ethics.” Invited Address, Vincent Fairfax Fellowship Symposium 2005, Sydney, 22-24 July 2005.

“Boys, Young Men and Gender Equality.” Invited Address, United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, Panel: Future perspectives on the promotion of gender equality: Through the eyes of young women and men, New York, 9 March 2005.

“Between Sex and Violence: Men, power, and sexual assault.” Keynote Address, 3rd Annual Centre for Social Change Conference, Centre for Social Change Research, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, 29 October 2004.

“Men’s Roles in the Promotion of Gender Equality in the Asia-Pacific Region.” Invited Address, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) High-level Intergovernmental Meeting to Review Regional Implementation Of the Beijing Platform for Action, and its Regional and Global Outcomes. Bangkok, Thailand, 7-10 September 2004.

“Men and Masculinities in Academic Scholarship.” Invited Address, Universal Forum of Cultures Barcelona 2004, Barcelona, Spain, 30 July 2004.

“Men’s Role in the Public Politics of Gender Equality.” Invited Address, Universal Forum of Cultures Barcelona 2004, Barcelona, Spain, 31 July 2004.

“Youth, Sex, and the Internet.” Keynote Address, Internet, Media and Mental Health Conference, Brisbane, 21-24 April 2004.

“Addressing the Sexual Cultures of Heterosexual Men: Key strategies in involving men and boys in HIV/AIDS prevention.” Invited Address, Expert Group Meeting on The role of men and boys in achieving gender equality, United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW), Brasilia, Brazil, 21-24 October 2003.

“Gender, Homophobia and Heterosexism.” Invited Address, Anti-Homophobia Interagency Roundtable: Gender Construction and Its Impact on Homophobia, Sydney, 27 August 2003.

“Deconstructing the Culture of Sexual Assault: Violence prevention education among men.” Invited Address, Practice and Prevention: Contemporary Issues in Adult Sexual Assault in New South Wales. Sydney: University of Technology, 12-14 February 2003.

“Engaging Men in Ending Family Violence.” Invited Address, Unraveling the Complexities of Family Violence… A Holistic Approach, Coffs Harbour, 7-8 March 2002.

“Lust, Trust and Latex: Encouraging young heterosexual men to use condoms.” Invited address, Family Planning ACT Sexual Health Update for Doctors. 3 November 2001.

“Men’s Sexual Health: Patterns, issues and strategies.” Keynote Address, Innovations to Excite: Women’s and Sexual Health Nurses Associations, Fifth National Conference. Canberra, 1-2 November 2001.

“Masculine Understandings: Why young heterosexual men don’t use condoms.” Invited Address, Expanding Men’s Interest in Reproductive Health. Australian Reproductive Health Alliance (ARHA) Forum, CHOGM, Brisbane, 8 October 2001.

“Engaging Men in Stopping Violence.” Invited Address, Expanding Men’s Interest in Reproductive Health. Forum, CHOGM, Brisbane, 8 October 2001.

“Men’s Roles in Achieving Gender Justice.” Keynote Address, Australian Women Speak: Inaugural National Women’s Conference. Canberra, 26-28 August 2001.

“Men, Masculinities and Gender Studies.” Keynote Address, 8th Interdisciplinary Gender Studies Conference. University of Newcastle (Central Coast Campus), 29 June 2001.

“Men, Masculinities, and Men’s Violence.” Invited Address, Regional Violence Against Women Conference. Tumut, 13-14 October 2000.

(b) Other Conference and Seminar Presentations (2000 – 2007 only)

2007

“Men and Gender in Policy and Advocacy.” Technical Consultation – Engaging Men and Boys in Sexual and Reproductive Health, Gender-Based Violence Prevention, Fatherhood, and Maternal and Child Health, UNFPA – WHO – Instituto Promundo – MenEngage, Salzburg, Austria, 29 November-1 December.

“Preventing Intimate Partner Violence.” Domestic Violence: Examining Practice, Port Stephens, 1 November.

“Explaining, and Preventing, Intimate Partner Violence.” Women’s Domestic Violence Court Assistance Program (Legal Aid Commission) Conference, Sydney, 2 August.

“Supporting Separated Fathers and Encouraging Men’s Positive Involvement in Parenting.” The Field of Fatherhood: Crossings of the Terrain, Conference, Hawke Institute for Sustainable Societies, University of South Australia, 19 June.

2006

“Ethical Issues in Qualitative Research on Sexuality.” NCEPH Methodology Seminar Series, Canberra, 16 May.

2005

“Bent Straights: Diversity and flux among heterosexual men.” Moving Masculinities: Crossing Regional and Historical Borders, Australian National University, 30 November – 2 December, Canberra.

“Men Talk Sex: Theoretical and methodological issues in heterosexual men’s talk about sex.” Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society (ARCSHS) Seminar Series, La Trobe University, 12 October.

“Father’s Rights and Family Law.” Seminar, Women’s Legal Service Victoria, Melbourne, 4 August.

“Mapping the Sexual Cultures of Young Heterosexual Men.” Centre for Women’s Studies and Gender Research, School of Political and Social Inquiry, Monash University, Melbourne, 4 May.

2004

“Changing Men: Best practice in violence prevention work with men.” Home Truths Conference: Stop sexual assault and domestic violence: a national challenge, Melbourne,15-17 September.

“Fatherhood, Family Policy, and Gender Politics.” Seminar, Australian Institute of Family Studies, Melbourne, 14 April.

2003

“Between Critique and Censorship: Developing an ethical pornography.” Classification in a Convergent World (Office of Film and Literature Classification Conference), Sydney, 22-24 September.

“Backlash: Angry men’s movements and the reconstruction of fathering.” Seminar to Institute of Social Change and Critical Inquiry Seminar Series, University of Wollongong, 11 September.

“Men, Sex and Mateship: How homosociality shapes men’s heterosexual relations.” (Other) Feminisms: An International Women’s and Gender Studies Conference, University of Queensland, 12-16 July.

“Men, Sex and Mateship: How homosociality shapes men’s heterosexual relations.” Gender, Sexuality and Culture Seminar Series, Australian National University, Canberra, 21 May.

2002

“Bonding in Bonking: How homosociality shapes men’s heterosexual relations.” Future Sex Seminar Series, Macquarie University, Sydney, 19 September.

“Investigating Men and Sex: Contributions to feminist scholarship.” Women’s Studies Seminar Series. Australian National University, 6 May.

“Engaging Men in Ending Men’s Violence Against Women.” Expanding Our Horizons: Exploring the Complexities of Violence Against Women: Meanings, Cultures, Differences. Sydney: University of Sydney, 18-22 February.

2001

“Engaging with the Sexual Cultures of Heterosexual Men.” Belief Systems and the Place of Desire. 3rd Conference of the International Association for the Study of Sex, Culture and Society, University of Melbourne, 1-3 October.

“Women’s Studies, Gender Studies and the Debates Over Naming.” Forum: 25 Years of Women’s Studies at the Australian National University. 3 August.

“Bringing Men Into The Light? Women's Studies and the problem of men.” Casting New Shadows: Australian Women’s Studies Association Conference. Sydney, 31 January-2 February.

2000

“Slugs and Snails and Constructivist Tales: An outline and critique of the critical scholarship on men and masculinities.” Manning the Millennium: An International Interdisciplinary Masculinities Conference. Gold Coast, 1-2 December.

“Lust, Trust and Latex: Why young heterosexual men don’t use condoms.” HIV/AIDS & Related Diseases (HARD) Social Research Conference. Sydney, 14-16 May.

Last reviewed: 18 December, 2007