Research And Publications

Current Projects

October 2012: Starting a research project at the Centre for Menstrual Cycle and Ovulation Research examining what factors influence a woman's interest in sex. Currently conducting initial literature review. 


Past Publications (as author or contributor)

CKNW News Interview (February 27, 2013). Kids, Sex, and Contraception: Having 'The Talk' with Your Kids. https://soundcloud.com/cknwnewstalk980/kids-sex-contraception-having/

Editor of Morning Quickie: your five minute feminist fix. Website with comments on the news, politics, sex, relationships and more from a feminist perspective. Published from 2009 to 2012.

Cheesman, Danielle. (2012, October 25). Boys are Hitting Puberty Earlier: What Does This Mean for Parents? Loop 21. http://www.loop21.com/life/boys-hitting-puberty-at-younger-ages-parents-advice

Eisbrener, Ashleigh. (2010, September 8). Sex by the Numbers Continued... The Suburban Woman. http://www.suburbanwoman.net/blog/sex-by-the-numbers-continued/

Riley, Jane. (2010, July/August). We're Growing Up. Raising Kids Magazine, Issue 1. http://issuu.com/eileenharrison/docs/rknz01

Batt, Elizabeth. (2010, July 20). Should a Boy be Circumcised? When Parents Cannot Compromise. Suite 101. http://suite101.com/article/should-a-boy-be-circumcised-when-parents-cannot-compromise-a263767 

Wright, Tiffany. (2010, April). The porn identity: is he secretly enacting an erotic fantasy on you? Cosmopolitan, Issue 441, 110 - 111.

Macbeth, A., Weerakoon, P., Sitharthan, G. "Pilot study of Australian school-based sexual health education: parents' views." Sexual Health. 6(4), (2009):328-33.

Macbeth, A. Australian Sexual Health Education: Parents' Views. 2009. University of Sydney, Australia.

Macbeth, Allison. (2005). Sexual Smarts Start in Schools. Public Sex. http://www.thesexparty.ca/public-sex/sexual-smarts-start-in-schools