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]

Selected bibliography

Books

• Flood, Michael (2000). Lust, trust and latex: why young heterosexual men don't use condoms (Ph.D. thesis). Australian National University. OCLC 56730906.
• Flood, Michael; et al. (2007). International encyclopedia of men and masculinities. London New York: Routledge. ISBN 9780415333436. ISBN 9780415333436
• Flood, Michael; Howson, Richard (2015). Engaging men in building gender equality. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 9781443872485.
• Flood, Michael (2018). Engaging Men and Boys in Violence Prevention. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9781137442109.

Book chapters

• Flood, Michael (2004), "Backlash: angry men's movements", in Rossi, Stacey Elin (ed.), The battle and backlash rage on: why feminism cannot be obsolete, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Xlibris, pp. 261–278. ISBN 9781413459340^{[self-published source?]}
• Flood, Michael (2005), "Men's collective struggles for gender justice: the case of anti-violence activism" (PDF), in Kimmel, Michael S.; Hearn, Jeff; Connell, Raewyn (eds.), Handbook of studies on men & masculinities, Thousand Oaks, California: SAGE Publications, pp. 458–466. ISBN 9780761923695 Pdf.
• Flood, Michael (2008), "Bent straights: diversity and flux among heterosexual men", in Oleksy, E. H. (ed.), Intimate citizenships: gender, sexualities, politics (PDF), London: Routledge, pp. 223–240. ISBN 9780415990769 Preview.
• Flood, Michael; Pease, Robert; Taylor, Natalie; Webster, Kim (2009), "Reshaping attitudes towards violence against women", in Buzawa, Eve S.; Stark, Evan (eds.), Violence against women in families and relationships, Volume IV: the media and cultural attitudes, Santa Barbara, California: Praeger/ABC-CLIO, p. 184, ISBN 9780275998547. Details.
• Flood, Michael (2010), "Young men using pornography", in Boyle, Karen (ed.), Everyday pornography (PDF), London, New York: Routledge, pp. 164–178, archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016, retrieved 5 September 2015. ISBN 9780415543781 Preview.
• Flood, Michael (2015), "Current practices to preventing sexual and intimate partner violence", in Johnson, Holly; Fisher, Bonnie S.; Jaquier, Véronique (eds.), Critical issues on violence against women: international perspectives and promising strategies, London: Routledge, pp. 209–220, ISBN 9781135006037.
• Flood, Michael (2015). "Men and gender equality". In Flood, Michael; Howson, Richard (eds.). Engaging men in building gender equality (PDF). Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 9781443872485

Journal articles

• Flood, Michael (Summer 1999). "Claims about 'husband battering'". DVIRC Newsletter. Domestic Violence and Incest Resource Centre, Melbourne: 3–8. Pdf.
• Flood, Michael (January 2003). "Lust, trust and latex: why young heterosexual men do not use condoms" (PDF). Culture, Health & Sexuality. 5 (4): 353–369. doi:10.1080/1369105011000028273. S2CID 37928894.
• Flood, Michael; Pease, Bob (2005). "Undoing men's privilege and advancing gender equality in public sector institutions" (PDF). Policy and Society. 24 (4): 119–138. doi:10.1016/s1449-4035(05)70123-5. hdl:10536/DRO/DU:30009028. S2CID 144858631. Pdf.
• Flood, Michael (Summer 2006). "Violence against women and men in Australia: What the Personal Safety Survey can and can't tell us about domestic violence". DVIRC Quarterly. Domestic Violence and Incest Resource Centre, Melbourne. 4: 3–10. Pdf.
• Flood, Michael (March 2007). "Exposure to pornography among youth in Australia" (PDF). Journal of Sociology. 43 (1): 45–60. doi:10.1177/1440783307073934. hdl:1885/35758. S2CID 144510840. Pdf.
• Flood, Michael (Winter 2007). "Involving men in gender practice and policy" (PDF). Critical Half: Bi-Annual Journal of Women for Women International. Women for Women International. 5 (1): 9–14.
• Flood, Michael (April 2008). "Men, sex, and homosociality how bonds between men shape their sexual relations with women" (PDF). Men and Masculinities. 10 (3): 339–359. doi:10.1177/1097184X06287761. S2CID 145135916. Pdf.
• Flood, Michael; Pease, Bob (April 2009). "Factors influencing attitudes to violence against women" (PDF). Trauma, Violence, & Abuse. 10 (2): 125–142. doi:10.1177/1524838009334131. PMID 19383630. S2CID 11494907.
• Flood, Michael (November 2009). "The harms of pornography exposure among children and young people" (PDF). Child Abuse Review. 18 (6): 384–400. doi:10.1002/car.1092.
• Flood, Michael (March 2010). ""Fathers' rights" and the defense of paternal authority in Australia". Violence Against Women. 16 (3): 328–347. doi:10.1177/1077801209360918. PMID 20133921. S2CID 206667283. Pdf.
• Flood, Michael (June 2011). "Men as students and teachers of feminist scholarship" (PDF). Men and Masculinities. 14 (2): 135–154. doi:10.1177/1097184X11407042. S2CID 145450198. Pdf.
• Flood, Michael (August 2011). "Involving men in efforts to end violence against women" (PDF). Men and Masculinities. 14 (3): 358–377. doi:10.1177/1097184X10363995. S2CID 2474589. Pdf.
• Flood, Michael (May 2011). "Building men's commitment to ending sexual violence against women" (PDF). Feminism & Psychology. 21 (2): 262–267. doi:10.1177/0959353510397646. S2CID 71528539.
• Flood, Michael (December 2012). "Separated fathers and the 'fathers' rights' movement". Journal of Family Studies. 18 (2–3): 235–345. doi:10.5172/jfs.2012.18.2-3.235. S2CID 55469150. Pdf.
• Flood, Michael; Jewkes, Rachel; Lang, James (18 April 2015). "From work with men and boys to changes of social norms and reduction of inequities in gender relations: a conceptual shift in prevention of violence against women and girls". The Lancet. 385 (9977): 1580–1589. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61683-4. PMID 25467578. S2CID 18597874. Pdf.