| Michael Flood | |
| Birth Name: | Michael G. Flood |
| Birth Place: | Australia |
| Alma Mater: | Australian National University |
| Thesis Title: | Lust, trust and latex: why young heterosexual men don't use condoms |
| Thesis Url: | https://digitalcollections.anu.edu.au/handle/1885/46987 |
| Thesis Year: | 2000 |
| Main Interests: | Sociology |
| Website: | http://staff.qut.edu.au/staff/floodm/ |
Michael G. Flood is an Australian sociologist and a professor at the Queensland University of Technology School of Justice.[1] [2] [3] Flood gained his doctorate in gender and sexuality studies from the Australian National University.[4] His areas of research are on violence against women, fathering, pro-feminism, domestic violence, the effects of pornography on young people, safe sex among 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.[5]
Flood is a co-editor of the International Encyclopedia of Men and Masculinities,[6] and the author of numerous academic papers on issues related to men and gender. Flood has also worked as a pro-feminist educator and activist, addressing men's violence against women. He coordinates, edits and contributes to XY, a pro-feminist 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.[7]