7 quotes about things real men don’t do…

FAMOUS ORIGINAL SOURCE: “Real Men Don’t Eat Quiche”        Bruce Feirstein        Writer and columnist for the New York Observer        Title of his 1983 book, based on a humorous piece he wrote for Playboy magazine in 1982.

THE BEVERAGE VERSION: “Real men don’t put water in their whiskey.”        David Ware        Owner of the Stockman Bar and Steakhouse         The Montana Billings Gazette, April 19, 2010

THE BELUSHI VERSION: “Real Men Don’t Apologize”        Jim Belushi        Book title (2006)

THE STAR TREK VARIATION: “REAL MEN DON’T SET FOR STUN”        T-Shirt slogan        Black Mambo Designs

THE PJs VARIATION: “Real men don’t wear pajamas…Real men wear underwear. If they wear anything else to bed, it’s a Pittsburgh Steelers T-shirt. And a smile.”        Kevin Cowherd        In his book Last Call at the 7-Eleven (1995)

THE COUNTRY BOYS VERSION: “Real men don’t drink latte. They drink beer, smoke Marlboros, and ride their SUVs through mud and up mountains, to the acclaim of women and the envy of other men. Real men are rural men: this cultural idea wields not only enormous political power but enormous economic power.”        Country Boys: Masculinity And Rural Life (2006)        Edited by Michael Bell and Margaret Finney

THE IDEAL VERSION: “Real men don’t beat women. Real men don’t rape. Real men, in short, don’t worry about whether they’re real men.”        Robert S. McElvaine        In his book Eve's Seed (2001)        (At left, the cover of Real Men magazine, Jan. 1957, from www.MensPulpMags.com)

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