In the olden days, when the networks aired more made-for-television movies, I recall seeing the original Stepford Wives movie on television. Aside from that, I have a DVD of the film adaptation, which stars Matthew Broderick and Nicole Kidman.
A lot of the same things that were going on in Stepford are happening in Amway. Onscreen, wives are dominated by their husbands, who are always attending men's club meetings and are ultimately controlled by one or two men who serve as the club's leaders, and vice versa. In several movies, depending on which one you're familiar with, the women are either slain and replaced with robots, or they have a computer disc installed into their brains that controls them.
In either case, the women - or, in the case of the newer version, which included a gay couple and zapped one male - are reduced to mindless subservient robots under the authority of their men. Oh, and the wives swoon all over their husbands, displaying an unnatural level of devotion and dedication to their husbands. Zombies are very similar to humans.
This is exactly what I witnessed in the Amway cult.
Meetings of the men's club? The Amway gatherings were predominantly male in nature, and they were always led by a male cult leader. Some wives went to Amway meetings with their husbands, while others did not. Many of the men who attended the Amway meetings were single and came in stag groups. Many married men joined the stag party as well, after their spouses became fed up with the mind control nonsense and financial losses. Some gatherings were exclusively for men, with no room for women. Who remembers the clubhouses we used to go to when we were youngsters, when the lads would post a sign saying "ladies keep out" on the doorway? That's how it works. These men-only Amway meetings are where the cult leaders attempt to foment discord in their downline's marriages and relationships in order to gain control over them.
In order to become a Stepford ambot, one must comply with the expectations of the slime sucking Amway upline. He or she is required to say the things their upline wants them to say, wear the clothes their upline wants them to wear, consume the foodstuffs their upline desires, purchase the items their upline desires, drop whatever they are doing and rush over to the side of their upline when beckoned, and so on and so forth.
I'm going to have to stop. I find it extremely nauseating to relive these experiences, but I know that by putting them down and sharing the misery I went through, I can help those who are going through something similar.
Wives were required to demonstrate this extreme love to their husbands in the form of zombie-like behaviour. Look no farther than the Ken and Barbie Ambots who stomp across the stage during Amway events. Despite the fact that Barbie has a few words to say, she spends most of her time staring adoringly at Warrior Ken.
I'm not sure about the rest of you, but my spouse gets really frightened when I'm looking him in the eyes!
That is the way life is when you become an Amway representative. Welcome to the town of Stepford! Leave your logical mind at the front door. You have been transformed into an ambot.
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