Politics with Michelle Grattan: Masculinity expert Michael Flood on boys and men behaving badly
The scandal has brought back a debate about whether single-sex schools are fit for purpose and the culture they foster.
- The scandal has brought back a debate about whether single-sex schools are fit for purpose and the culture they foster.
- To discuss this and what leads some men and boys to treat women badly and too often violently, we’re joined by Michael Flood, professor at the School of Justice at Queensland University of Technology.
- Flood researches masculinity and gender justice, interpersonal violence and engaging men in violent prevention.
- So, for example, the highest rates of sexual violence offending in Australia are among young men 15 to 19.