Dr Duane Duncan

Qualifications

PhD (Sociology) Monash University, MA, BA(Hons) Victoria University of Wellington

Teaching Areas

SOCY110 Thinking Sociologically

SOCY321 Health in Social Perspective

SOCY393/593 The Social Body:  Identity, Diversity, Embodiment

SOCY360 Social Inequalities

SOCY382/582 Sex and Pleasure in Western Culture

Supervision Areas

• Sexuality
• Gender
• The body/embodiment
• Masculinities
• Intimacy and social change

Research Interests

Dr Duane Duncan is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology. His research and teaching interests include a focus on sex, sexuality and intimacy; theories of 'the body' and embodiment; and, men, masculinity and health. He previously held a position as Research Fellow at the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society at La Trobe University in Melbourne. He has held a grant from beyondblue on gay men's experiences of prostate cancer, and an ARC Discovery grant ('Muscling Up') that explored relatively new opportunities for young men in Australia to work on the body as an aspect of self-improvement, health and sexual life. This latter qualitative project brought together emerging literatures on 'sexualisation', masculinity and body image to explore men's motivations for engaging in weight training and associated practices, including anabolic steroid use. This project provided insight into men's negotiation of shifts in acceptable masculine behaviours in relation to the increased visibility of male sexuality in Australian society.

Publications

Articles, book chapters

Dowsett, G., Duncan, D., Waling, A., Angelides, S. & Nourse, G. (2023) Men, bodywork, health and the potentiality of Performance and Image-Enhancing Drugs. Health Sociology Review. 32(3): 341-356.

Duncan, D. Moore, D., Keane, H. Ekendahl, M., & Graham, K. (2022) The hammer and the nail: The triple lock of methods, realities and institutional contexts in Australian research on nightlife violence. International Journal of Drug Policy, 103898.

Moore, D., Keane, H., Duncan, D., & Lenton, E. (2022) Handling complexity: constituting the relationship between intoxication and violence in Australian alcohol policy discourse, in Geoffrey Hunt, Tamar Antin, Vibeke Asmussen Frank (ed’s), Routledge Handbook of Intoxicants and Intoxication. Routledge, London.

Farrugia, A., Moore, D., Keane, H., Ekendahl, M., Graham, K., & Duncan, D. (2022). Noticed and then forgotten: Gender in alcohol policy stakeholder responses to alcohol and violence. Qualitative Health Research, 32(10):1419-1432

Duncan, D., Moore, D., Keane, H., Ekendahl, M., Graham, K. (2021) Making gender along the way: Women, men and harm in Australian alcohol policy. Critical Policy Studies. DOI: 10.1080/19460171.2020.1867598

Duncan, D., Moore, D., Keane, H., Ekendahl, M. (2021) Obscuring gendered differences: The treatment of violence in Australian government alcohol policy. Social Politics, doi.org/10.1093/sp/jxaa038

Moore, D. Duncan, D., Keane, H., Ekendahl, M. (2020) Displacements of gender: Research on alcohol, violence and the night-time economy. Journal of Sociology. doi.org/10.1177/1440783320970639

Waling, A. Duncan, D., Angelides, S., Dowsett, G.W. (2020) ‘Damn, Channing Tatum can move!’: Women’s accounts of men’s bodies and objectification in post-feminist times.  Sexualities: studies in culture and society. doi.org/10.1177/1363460720967657

Moore, D., Keane, H., Duncan, D. (2020) Enacting alcohol realities: Gendering practices in Australian studies on ‘alcohol-related presentations’ to emergency departments, Sociology of Health and Illness, 42, 3-19.

Philpot, S., Prestage, G.W., Ellard, J., Duncan, D., (2019) Exploring diversity in the regular partner category in HIV social research among gay and bisexual men. Archives of Sexual Behaviour,49:1-12.

Waling, A., Duncan, D., Angelides, S., Dowsett, G.W. (2018) A Review of Approaches to the Study of Men, Sexuality and Masculinity in Men’s Magazines, Sociology Compass, 12(7), doi.org/10.1111/soc4.12593

Philpot, S., Duncan, D., Ellard, J., Bavinton, B., Prestage, G.P. (2017) Negotiating change in gay men’s relationships: How are monogamy and non-monogamy experienced and practiced over time? Culture, Health & Sexuality, DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2017.1392614

Dowsett, G.W., Duncan, D., du Plooy, D., Waling, A., Prestage, G.P. (2017) The Social Dimensions of Prostate Cancer in Gay Men’s Sexual Lives, in Ussher, J., Perz, J., & Rosser, S. (Ed’s) Gay and Bisexual Men Living with Prostate Cancer: From Diagnosis to Recovery. Harrington Park Press.

Philpot, S., Ellard, J., Duncan, D., Dowsett, G.W., Bavinton, B., Down, I., Keen, P., Hammoud, M. & Prestage, G. (2016) Gay and bisexual men’s interest in marriage: an Australian perspective, Culture, Health & Sexuality, DOI:10.1080/13691058.2016.1184314

Bavinton, B.R., Duncan, D., Grierson, J., Zablotska, I.B., Down, I.A., Down, Grulich, A.E. and Prestage, G.P. (2016) The meaning of ‘regular partner’ in HIV research among gay and bisexual men: implications of an Australian cross-sectional survey, AIDS & Behaviour, DOI10.1007/s10461-016-1354-5

Prestage, G., Bavington, B., Grierson, J., Down, I., Keen, P., Bradley, J., Duncan, D. (2015) Online dating among Australian gay and bisexual men: Romance or hooking up? AIDS & Behaviour, March.

Duncan, D., Prestage, G., & Grierson, J. (Forthcoming) 'I'd much rather have sexual intimacy as opposed to sex': Young Australian gay men, sex relationships and monogamy, Sexualities

Lyons, A., Dowsett, G.W., Wassersug, R. & Duncan, D. (2014) Flexibility in men's sexual response to iatrogenic erectile dysfunction from prostate cancer treatment, Sexual Medicine 2(3), 115-120.

Duncan, D., Prestage, G., Grierson, J. (2014) Trust, commitment, love and sex: monogamy and gay men, Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy, June 2014, 1-6.

Leonard, W, Duncan, D, and Barrett, C (2013) 'What a difference a gay makes: the constitution of the older gay man', Ageing Men: Masculinities and Modern Medicine, Antje Kampf, Barbara Marshall, Alan Petersen (Eds.). Routledge, Oxford

Wassersug, R., Dowsett, G.W., Lyons, A., Duncan, D., Pitts, M. (2013) Diagnostic and Outcome Differences between Heterosexual and Non-Heterosexual Men Treated for Prostate Cancer, Urology, 82(3), 565-571.

Fletcher, G., Dowsett, G.W., Duncan, D., Slavin, S., Corboz, J. (2012) Advancing Sexuality Studies: a short course on sexuality theory and research methodologies, Sex Education, DOI:10.1080/14681811.2012.742847

Duncan, D (2010), Embodying the gay self: body image, reflexivity and embodied identity, Health Sociology Review, 19 (4), 437-450.

Duncan, D and Dowsett, GW (2010), "There's no Teleology to it; it's just about the spirit of play": men, intimacy and late modernity, Journal of Men's Studies, 18 (1), 45-62.

Duncan, D (2010) Gay men, body identity and the politics of visibility, Gay and Lesbian Issues and Psychology Review, 6(1), 20-30.

Duncan, D (2007) Out of the Closet and into the Gym: gay men and body image in Melbourne, Australia, Journal of Men's Studies, 15 (3), 331-346.

Costello, L, and Duncan, D (2006), The 'Evidence' of Sex, the 'Truth' of Gender: moral panic over a child's body, Children's Geographies, 4 (2), 157-172.

Bird, L, Cornforth, S, Duncan, D, and S Roberson (2005), Professionals Becoming Researchers: collective engagement and difficulties of transformation, International Journal of Critical Psychology, 13, 96-116.

Conference papers

Duncan, D. (2022) The hammer and the nail: The triple lock of methods, realities and institutional contexts in Australian research on nightlife violence. The Australian Sociological Association Conference, Melbourne, 28 Nov-2 Dec.

Duncan, D. (2019) Realising change in the gendering practices of Australian alcohol policy. Oral presentation at Fifth Contemporary Drug Problems Conference: Rethinking ‘change’: New theories, new topics, new questions, new methods, Prato, Italy. September 4-6

Duncan, D., Waling, A., Angelides, S., Dowsett, G.W. (2018) ‘‘Under her eye?’: Heterosexual masculinity, sexual objectification and the male body.’ Beyond Body Image Symposium: Masculinities, Practices, & Performativities, La Trobe University, Melbourne, December 5

Waling, A., Duncan, D., Angelides, S., Dowsett, G.W. (2018) '‘I Know What Girls Like’: Women’s Experiences of Attraction to Men’s Bodies.' Beyond Body Image Symposium: Masculinities, Practices, & Performativities, La Trobe University, Melbourne, December 5

Duncan, D., Waling, A., Angelides, S., Dowsett, G.W. (2018) ‘Gym journeys and emotional capitalism: Australian men, sexualisation and body work.’ The 26th Annual Interdisciplinary Conference of the American Men’s Studies Association (AMSA): Bodies, Sexualities, Masculinities. University of Minnesota, Minnesota, MN. March 22-25

Duncan, D., Waling, A. [presenter], Angelides, S., & Dowsett, G.W. (2018) ‘Muscling Up project: Accounts on men contemplating a transition to PIED use.’ Fit for purpose: The legal, medical and social barriers and enablers to safer PIED injecting. Monash Law Chambers, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. February 16.

Duncan, D., Waling, A. [presenter], Angelides, S., Dowsett, G.W. (2018) ‘Those bodies are not meant for us’: Rethinking objectification through women’s perceptions of men’s bodywork practices, The 26th Annual Interdisciplinary Conference of the American Men’s Studies Association (AMSA): Bodies, Sexualities, Masculinities. University of Minnesota, Minnesota, MN. March 22-25

Duncan, D., Waling, A., Angelides, S., Dowsett, G.W. (2017) ‘Those bodies are not meant for us’: Rethinking objectification through women’s perceptions of men’s bodywork practices, The Australian Sociological Association Conference, Perth, 27-29 Nov

Dowsett, G.W., Duncan, D., du Plooy, D., Waling, A., Prestage, G. (2017) Gay Men, Sexuality and Mental Health after Prostate Cancer, 23rd Congress of the World Association for Sexual Medicine, Published Conference Abstract, Journal of Sexual Medicine, 14:e211ee350

Duncan, D. (2016) (Extra)Ordinary Men: performing crisis and masculinity in media representations of men’s bodies, The Australian Sociology Association Conference, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, 28^th Nov-1^st Dec

Duncan, D, Prestage, G, & Grierson, J (2014) Fidelity Rules: Dating, Sex and HIV Risk among Young Australian Gay Men, AIDS 2014: 20th International AIDS Conference, Melbourne, Australia, July 20-25.

Duncan, D, Prestage, G, Grierson, J (2013) Young gay men, sex, relationships and HIV risk, Australasian HIV/AIDS Conference, 2013, Darwin, October, 21-23

Wassersug, R, Lyons, A, Duncan, D, Dowsett, G and Pitts, M (2012), 'Prostate cancer in a nonheterosexual population: An international comparison of psychosocial experiences of heterosexual and non-heterosexual prostate cancer survivors', oral presentation to the 2012 Canadian Association of Psychosocial Oncology (CAPO) Conference, Vancouver, April.

Duncan, D, Smith, A, Prestage, G, Grierson, G, (2011) 'Monogamy and an HIV/STI prevention strategy among gay men'. Australasian HIV/AIDS Conference, 2011, Canberra, September 26-28.

Duncan, D and Dowsett, GW, (2011) 'Sexuality is a very fluid sort of concept': Australian men, sexual reflexivity and 'late' modernity'. Future Perspectives on Intervention, Policy and Research on Men and Masculinities, Universite Laval, Quebec City, Canada, March 9-11.

Dowsett, GW, and Duncan, D, (2011) 'The china shop might now be in safer hands': men, sexuality and relationality in late modernity. Keynote address to the CROMM Workshop: The state of play in the critical study of men and masculinities, University of Wollongong, March, 17-18.

Duncan, D, (2006) 'Embodying a Gay Male Identity: body image, visibility and identity amongst gay men'. Intersecting Ideas, School of Political and Social Inquiry Postgraduate Symposium, Monash University, October.

Duncan, D, (2006) 'Out of the Closet, into the Gym: body image pressures in the gay male 'scene', Masculinity, Emotion and Subjectivity, Monash University, July.

Duncan, D, (2004) 'Let Me Hear Your Body Talk': subjectivity, sexuality and geography. Speaking Through Cultural Geography, Cultural Geography Study Group Meeting, Hobart, December.

Bird, L, Beals, F, Cornforth, S, Duncan, D, O'Connor, C & S Roberson, (2002) 'Transformativepossibilities for critical and sensitive discourse research'. NZARE, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand, December.

Book reviews

Duncan, D (2012), Plural Masculinities: The Remaking of the Self in Private Life, Culture, Health & Sexuality, 14 (1), 117-119.

Duncan, D (2011), Body Panic: Gender, Health and the Selling of Physical Fitness, Culture, Health & Sexuality, 13 (2), 245-247.

Duncan, D (2010), Sex, Technology and Public Health, Culture, Health & Sexuality, 12 (1), 125-127.

Community reports

Wong, W.K.T., Lowe, A., Dowsett, G.W., Duncan, D., O'Keefe, D., & Mitchell, A. (2013) Prostate Cancer Information Needs of Gay Men. Sydney, Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia.

Duncan, D, Watson, J, Westle, A, Mitchell, A, Dowsett, G W (2011) Gay Men and Prostate Cancer: Report on an Audit of Existing Resources and Websites providing Information to Men Living with Prostate Cancer in Australia, 2011. Report Prepared for the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia by Gay and Lesbian Health Victoria, Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health & Society, La Trobe University. Melbourne, Australia.

O'Hagan, M, Kindon, S, Wyse, S, and D Duncan (eds) (2002), Annotated Bibliography on Social Capital with relevance to Aotearoa/New Zealand, School of Earth Sciences Research Report No. 15, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, 35pp.

Duncan, D (2000), An Investigation and Analysis of the History, Development and Importance of GAYBC to the Wellington Gay Community: a research project, Women's Studies occasional papers (Victoria University of Wellington), queer studies papers, no. 1. 29pp.