Research Publications

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Gender Justice

Our gender justice program, The Men’s Project has produced a series of reports looking at the impact of rigid masculine stereotypes on the wellbeing and attitudes of boys and men.

Gender Justice

The Man Box: Re-examining what it means to be a man in Australia
- 2024
'The Man Box: Re-examining what it means to be a man in Australia' is a comprehensive study that focuses on the attitudes to manhood and the behaviours of Australian men aged 18 to 45. This second edition of The Man Box research finds 'Man Box' attitudes are alive and well in Australia today, with a significant minority of young men agreeing there are social pressures on them to behave or act a certain way because of their gender.

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Gender Justice

Identifying and understanding child sexual offending behaviours and attitudes among Australian men
- 2023
Produced in collaboration with the University of New South Wales, 'Identifying and understanding child sexual offending behaviours and attitudes among Australian men' is the first nationally representative research into the prevalence of child sexual offending behaviours and attitudes. The report sheds unprecedented light on sexually abusive behaviours and feelings among Australian men.

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Gender Justice

Unpacking the Man Box
- 2020
- Marita McCabe, Matt Tyler, Michael Flood
Unpacking the Man Box is based on a survey of 1,000 young Australian men aged 18 to 30. The report builds on the findings of The Men’s Project’s 2018 report The Man Box. The new study finds young Australian men’s belief in rigid masculine stereotypes has a stronger impact on whether they will use violence, sexually harass women, or experience mental ill-health themselves, than other factors including their education levels, where they live or their cultural heritage.

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Gender Justice

The Man Box: A study on being a young man in Australia
- 2018
- Hannah Irvine, Michael Flood, Michael Livingstone
The Man Box: A study on being a young man in Australia is the first comprehensive study that focuses on the attitudes to manhood and the behaviours of young Australian men aged 18 to 30. It involved an online survey of a representative sample of 1,000 young men from across the country, as well as focus group discussions with two groups of young men. The findings shed a new light on the social pressures that young Australian men experience to be a ‘real man’ and the impact this can have on their wellbeing, behaviours and the safety of our wider community.

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