Have liberals won the culture war?

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People Declare Lowered Levels of Sociosexual Desire in the Presence of an Attractive Audience. Michal Stefanczyk examines how men and women’s self-presentation changes in the presence of an attractive person. He finds that both men and women report lower levels of sociosexual desire in the presence of an attractive person, though their sociosexual attitudes and behaviour are unchanged.

Does Wealth Inhibit Criminal Behavior? Evidence from Swedish Lottery Winners and Their Children. David Cesarini and colleagues examine whether Swedes who win the lottery are less likely to commit crime over the next seven years than those who play but do not win. They find that lottery winners become slightly but non-significantly more likely to commit crime, suggesting that lack of financial resources is not an important cause of crime.

The nature of the black–white difference on various psychometric tests: Spearman's hypothesis. In a classic article from 1985, Arthur Jensen reviews the evidence for Spearman’s hypothesis: that the black-white gap is larger on subtests that have a higher g-loadings. Analysing data from 11 studies, each comprising 6–13 diverse subtests, he finds strong support for Spearman’s hypothesis, suggesting the black-white IQ gap is on g. 

The relationship between black-white gap and g-loading across 121 subtests from 11 studies.