Michael Flood

Michael Flood examines boys’ and young men’s consumption of sexually explicit media. He argues that boys’ use particularly of internet pornography, combined with the wider pornographication of popular culture, is exacerbating violence-supportive social norms and intensifying some boys’ participation in sexual abuse. See the attachments below (in PDF) for the text and Powerpoint of Michael's presentation.

Should men be included in programming and policy related to gender, and, if so, how can male inclusion be made most beneficial? Michael Flood provides an overview, in this piece published in the Development Bulletin, No. 64, March 2004. Please see the attachment below in PDF.

Michael Flood provides an overview, in this presentation to the Commission on the Status of Women in New York in 2005. Please see the attachment below, in PDF.

Practical strategies for engaging men in gender programming and policy.

What can men do to stop sexism and men's violence against women? What can men do to build gender equality and prevent and reduce men's violence against women?

This handy one-page sheet provides a guide to key online resources on men, masculinities and gender, including activist and academic resources.

An outline of strategies for the primary prevention of violence against women, focused on engaging and working with men.

Please see attached in pdf.

SEXISM is all around us, and sometimes we try to do something about it. Sometimes this doesn't work, sometimes it does.

Men's groups are the backbone of the men's movement. They are a good thing, says Michael Flood.