History 4 You on Instagram: "”A man is not a necessity. A man is a luxury, like dessert.” — Cher (1991) A clip from an interview with talk show host Sally Jessy Raphael, who asked if she thought men were important. Cher’s poker-faced reply was, ”Like for what?”. In a separate interview in 1996 with Jane Pauley, when asked if she meant the quote to sound ”mean and bitter,” Cher replied, ”Not at all. I adore dessert. I love men, I think men are the coolest, but you don’t really need them to live.”