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There’s no such thing

From the Journal of Social, Evolutionary, and Cultural Psychology, Daniel J. Kruger, Michelle Wehbe, Shelby Lewis and Shana’e Clark (Michigan), Maryanne L. Fisher (St. Mary’s) and Sarah L. Strout (Dominican): Variation in Women's Mating Strategies Depicted in the Works and Words of Jane Austen; Malcolm M. Dow (Northwestern) and E. Anthon Eff (Middle Tennessee State): When One Wife is Enough: A Cross-Cultural Study of the Determinants of Monogamy; Trond Viggo Grontvedt and Leif Edward Ottesen Kennair (NUST): Age Preferences in a Gender Egalitarian Society; and Manuela Thomae (Open) and G. Tendayi Viki (Kent): Why Did the Woman Cross the Road? The Effect of Sexist Humor on Men's Self-reported Rape Proclivity. Michael Serazio on Apple's new ad: Don't worry about jobs, follow your passion. From Jacobin, Miya Tokumitsu on how “do what you love” is the mantra for today’s worker — why should we assert our class interests if, according to DWYL elites like Steve Jobs, there’s no such thing as work? From New York, Jennifer Senior on why adolescence is more brutal for parents than teenagers. Adrian Carrasquillo and Tracy Clayton on the mysterious disappearance of Avonte Oquendo. Peter Van Buren on 10 myths about NSA surveillance that need debunking. Jonathan Chait on how marriage is the Republican answer to inequality. Ignore the Republicans: Obamacare is doing fine. A U.N. report finds that the global private security industry is booming. From The Nation, a look at fifteen Millennial movements to watch this spring.