How one comedian's offhand advice launched a decent TV episode, a mediocre book and a terrible movie.

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Sources:

• Susan Faludi's "Backlash"
• For Women Who Count on Men to Be Jerks
• Bridget Jones’s Legacy
• Single Women in Popular Culture
• A Decade of Advice for Women and Men in the Best-Selling Self-Help Literature
• The gendered nature of self-help
• Single Women in Popular Culture 

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