Real Men Don't Eat Quiche

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Real Men Don't Eat Quiche, by Bruce Feirstein, was a bestselling tongue-in-cheek book on stereotypes about masculinity, published in 1982 (ISBN 0-671-44831-5). It is the source of the term quiche-eater, meaning a man who is effeminate or who lacks some putative masculine virtue. It was on the New York Times best seller list for 53 weeks, and sold over 1.6 million copies.

It was followed in 1982 by a cookbook, Real Men Don't Cook Quiche, a companion book for women by Joyce Jillson, Real Women Don't Pump Gas and a 1983 book by illustrator Lee Lorenz titled Real Dogs Don't Eat Leftovers. For 1984, matching Real Men Don't Eat Quiche and Real Women Don't Pump Gas calendars were released. There were also many imitations from other publishers, most notably Real Kids Don't Say Please, Real Women Never Pump Iron and Real Women Send Flowers. In 1992, a sequel, Real Men Don't Bond was released.

Since its publication, humor books about masculinity have become a publishing staple. Among the more notable examples:

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• "The Greatest Invention In The History Of Mankind Is Beer" And Other Manly Insights From Dave Barry

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• The Modern Man's Guide to Life

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• Esquire The Rules: A Man's Guide to Life

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• The Manly Handbook

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• The Manly Movie Guide: Virile Video & Two-Fisted Cinema

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• Color Me Macho ...or Don't Color Me at All: Color Is Funny Stuff, Especially If You Get Any on Your Clothes

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• The Man-ual: The Guy's Guide to Being a Man's Man

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• Fire in the John: The Manly Man in the Age of Sissification

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• Guy Rules: The Unspoken - and Previously Unrecorded - Rules That Govern Men's Social Being

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• The Alphabet of Manliness

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• How to Mow the Lawn: The Lost Art of Being a Man

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• Real Men Belch Downwind: Modern Etiquette for the Primitive Man

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• Average Single Male (ASM) Uncovered

by James Parker

• The CODE: Time Tested Secrets for Getting What You Want from Women - Without Marrying Them!

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• CAD: A Handbook for Heels

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• A Stiff Drink & Close Shave

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• The Badass Bible

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• A Guy's Guide to Being a Man's Man

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• The Von Hoffmann Bros.' Big Damn Book of Sheer Manliness

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• Manly Adventures and Other Delusions

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• Manly Adventures II and Other Delusions: Sudden Impact

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• Wise Guys

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