Professor Michael Flood
@MichaelGLFlood
Researcher on men, masculinities, gender, and violence prevention. Educator and advocate. Tweets my own. I strive for content-rich and evidence-based tweeting.
Are you a man who wants to help build gender equality? Or a woman who knows such men? Here’s a wide-ranging collection of free resources on men’s roles in building gender equality: speeches, articles, reports, videos, and more: xyonline.net/content/men-bu…
Masculinities and violent extremism: Interesting report on how masculinities—ideas of what it means to be a man—are constructed and used by violent extremist groups, how they exist in and interact with society, and how they interplay with the state. ipinst.org/2022/06/mascul…
The lengths men will go to, to violate the privacy and dignity of women, is staggering. apple.news/A2M_eiye7QGqod…
Contraception: There is a new hope for a male oral contraceptive. But how many men will take it? Vasectomy rates suggest not very many – which is a shame. Vasectomies are great – I had one, and they’re easy and effective. qz.com/2148306/would-…
‘Soy boys’ and meat eaters: Men who eat a plant-based diet are just as testosterone-fuelled as their carnivorous brethren. metro.co.uk/2020/08/22/no-… @MetroUK
Patriarchy Blues: Reflections on Manhood Concepts of privilege, power, race, and gender are put on trial in this scorching treatise on toxic masculinity. publishersweekly.com/978-0-06-31383…
A letter to Sarah Jean de Vries, who disappeared in Vancouver in 1998 One of the victims of Robert Pickton, the serial killer who targeted Indigenous women, many of them homeless, drug using, and prostituted. By Julie Bindel @bindelj juliebindel.substack.com/p/a-letter-to-…
Trump’s History of Misogyny Was Obvious Long Before the Epstein Files Scandal Long before that scandal cracked Trump’s image among his base, feminists and violence prevention advocates had been warning about his misogyny and the dangers of normalizing it. msmagazine.com/2025/07/23/tru…
