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How women influence the men in their lives

FORT KNOX, KY - NOVEMBER 20: Spc. Michael Fashion of the U.S. Army's 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, holds his daughter Malia Banks, 5, following a homecoming ceremony in the Natcher Physical Fitness Center on Fort Knox in the early morning hours of Wednesday, November 20, 2013 in Fort Knox, Ky. The 250 soldiers returned to Fort Knox after a nine-month combat deployment working alongside Afghan military and police forces in Afghanistan's Zabul Province. (Photo by Luke Sharrett/Getty Images)
Spc. Michael Fashion of the U.S. Army's 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, holds his daughter Malia Banks, 5, following a homecoming ceremony in the Natcher Physical Fitness Center on Fort Knox in the early morning hours of Wednesday, November 20, 2013 in Fort Knox, Ky.
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How women influence the men in their lives

Since Greek times, women have undoubtedly had an effect on men's actions. Thousands of years after Medusa, Venus and Helen of Troy not much has changed.

Today, researchers are able to document how even the presence of a woman in a man's life can shape how he views women at work as well as at home. For example, Male CEOs pay employees less and themselves more after having a son, but a baby girl will make a boss pay his people more, with the biggest raises going to female employees.

Sarah Yager, associate editor at The Atlantic and wrote about how women change men for the December issue. She joins the show to explain.