Dr Michael Flood is an Australian sociologist. His main topic is the critical study of men and gender, what some have termed 'men's studies'. Dr Flood conducts research on men and gender, heterosexuality, interpersonal violence, and other gender-related topics. Sociology is the study of the social lives of humans, groups and societies. ... Mens studies - also sometimes called masculinity studies - is an interdisciplinary academic field devoted to topics concerning men, gender, and politics. ...

He is also the coordinator of 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 received a PhD in Gender and Sexuality Studies at the Australian National University (ANU) in 2001. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article concerns how a man differs from women. ... “Manliness” redirects here. ... Where to start? // Male Arousal Coming of Age Attractiveness to Women External Links Understanding Male Sexuality Category: ... Feminists redirects here. ... The mens movement is a social movement that includes a number of philosophies and organizations that seek to support men, change the male gender role and improve mens rights in regard to marriage and child access and victims of domestic violence. ... PhD usually refers to the academic title Doctor of Philosophy PhD can also refer to the manga Phantasy Degree This is a disambiguation page — a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... The Australian National University, or ANU, is a public university located in Canberra, Australia. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ...

He is currently lecturing in Sociology at the University of Wollongong. Previously he was a Postdoctoral fellow at La Trobe University's "Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society", conducting research on the sexual and reproductive health of young heterosexual men. La Trobe University is a multi-campus university in Victoria, Australia. ...

Some members of men's movements perceive Flood as anti-male/Misandrist, as he is highly critical of the men's rights and fathers' rights movements. However, Flood himself argues that efforts to engage men, whether in violence prevention or gender mainstreaming, must be based on a 'male-positive' commitment to enhancing men's lives. They must be guided by principles of gender equality and social justice, and responsive to diversities among men. This statement by Flood is in contrast to Flood's "International Men's Day: An open letter of rejection", where he states "Men’s organisations should not promote nor support an International Men’s Day. Nor should other organisations offer their support to such an event."^[1]. It is in this letter that Flood shows his anti-male bias. Misandry (IPA ) is the hatred of males as a sex [1]. The word comes from misos (Greek μῖσος, hatred) + andras (Greek ἄνδρας, man). Although misandry is sometimes confused with misanthropy, the terms are not interchangeable, since the latter refers to the hatred of humanity. ... This box:      Mens Rights involves the promotion of male equality, rights, and freedoms in society. ... The Fathers rights movement can be seen as part of the mens movement and/or the parents movement, it emerged in the 1970s as a loose social movement providing a network of interest groups, primarily in western countries. ... International Mens Day is November 19, in Trinidad and Tobago. ...

Recent publications

Available online

• Involving Men in Gender Practice and Policy: http://www.womenforwomen.org/documents/CriticalHalf.pdf
• Undoing Men’s Privilege and Advancing Gender Equality in Public Sector Institutions: http://www.latrobe.edu.au/arcshs/assets/downloads/flood/undoing%20mens_%20priv.pdf
• Men, Gender, and Development: http://www.xyonline.net/downloads/FloodMengenderdevel.pdf
• Changing Men: Best practice in sexual violence education http://www.xyonline.net/downloads/ChangingMen.pdf
• Compiled by Michael Flood The Men's Bibliography (2006), (15th edition) http://mensbiblio.xyonline.net/
• Mainstreaming Men in Work Towards Gender Equality http://www.xyonline.net/downloads/Mainstreaming.doc
• Why Violence Against Women is a Men's Issue: http://www.xyonline.net/VAWismensissue.shtml
• Backlash: Angry men's movements in The Battle and Backlash Rage On: Why Feminism Cannot Be Obsolete Ed S.E Rossi Xlibris Press, 2004 http://www.xyonline.net/downloads/backlash.pdf
• 'Fathers' Rights and Violence Against Women': http://www.xyonline.net/downloads/Flood_Mythsmisconceptions.doc
• Men's Collective Struggles for Gender Justice: The case of anti-violence activism in Handbook for Studies of Masculinities (2004), Ed M Kimmel, R.W Connell and J Hearn Sage, http://www.xyonline.net/downloads/FloodMenscollectivestruggles.pdf
• Lust, Trust and Latex: Why young heterosexual men do not use condoms Culture, Health, & Sexuality 5 (2003) http://www.latrobe.edu.au/arcshs/staff/pdfs/flood/lust_trust.pdf
• Youth and Pornography in Australia : Evidence on the extent of exposure and likely effects (with Clive Hamilton) The Australia Institute, Discussion Paper No 52, February (2003) http://www.latrobe.edu.au/arcshs/staff/pdfs/flood/yth_porn_in_aust.pdf
• Engaging Men: Strategies and dilemmas in violence prevention education among men Women Against Violence: A Feminist Journal 13 (2002-2003) http://www.xyonline.net/downloads/engagingmen.pdf
• Pathways to Manhood: The social and sexual ordering of young men's lives Health Education Australia 2 (2002) http://www.latrobe.edu.au/arcshs/staff/pdfs/flood/pathways_manhood.pdf
• 'Men’s Movements.' Community Quarterly (Special Issue: Masculinities) 46 (1998): http://www.xyonline.net/downloads/Mensmovements.pdf
• 'Frequently asked questions about pro-feminist men and pro-feminist men's politics': http://www.xyonline.net/misc/pffaq.html
• 'Homophobia and masculinities among young men (Lessons in becoming a straight man)': http://www.xyonline.net/misc/homophobia.html

Michael S. Kimmel is an american sociologist. ... Robert William Connell is an Australian sociologist who deals critically with culture, media (ruling class - ruling culture) and political hegemony and became widely known for his research in the field of Gender Studies, especially masculinity (Mens studies). ... Jeff(ery) Richard Hearn (born August 5, 1947 ) is a British sociologist and one of the founders of Critical studies on men. ...

References

External links

• Michael Flood at "Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society", La Trobe University'
• Michael Flood at Online Opinion
• XYonline XY: men, masculinities, and gender politics