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QUT Centre for Justice member, Professor Michael Flood, has provided commentary in recent media around concerns over easy access to pornography and extreme online misogyny, and its harmful effects on attitudes towards relationships.\u00a0 NSW Women’s Safety Commissioner, Hannah Tonkin, has called on men to lead cultural change by stepping up as leaders and role models.<\/p>\n
The Man Box 2024<\/a> study, led by Professor Michael Flood, found that “at least a third of Australian men thought that a man should have the final say about decisions in their relationship and was entitled to know the whereabouts of his partner.”<\/p>\n Flood noted,<\/p>\n Professor Michael Flood\u2019s research focuses on gender, sexuality, and interpersonal violence. He has made a significant contribution to scholarly and community understanding of men\u2019s and boys\u2019 involvements in preventing violence against women and building gender equality.<\/p>\n Michael has an extensive record of community and professional engagement. He has contributed to social change campaigns, worked with sporting and military organizations, participated in international expert meetings, and shaped national prevention frameworks.<\/p>\n Michael was also a co-author of a report on the State of Knowledge on Violence Perpetration titled, “Who uses domestic, family and sexual violence, how, and why?\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n“The boys and young men who are part of those online communities, it is feeding into a tolerance for violence and sexual violence, it\u2019s seen an upswing in misogyny. We know that that\u2019s a risk factor for violence perpetration.\u201d<\/em><\/h3>\n