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- phrase aphorism, humorous The
stereotypical man does not do things that are consideredeffeminate , as to do so would imply they are effeminate.
Etymologies
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The idiom derives from the book on stereotypes about masculinity, Real Men Don't Eat Quiche, by Bruce Feirstein, published in 1982.
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