
Not so much.

Whew! Roll
over Earl Silas Tupper, and maybe Brownie Wise, who thought up the whole idea of selling from women's homes.

Eventually he did what most men do when they are
out-thought by a woman: he fired her in 1958 and stole her idea.

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Dee W. Ieye |
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Kevin Farrell |
Last year’s worldwide sales were $ 2.6 billion and
Aunt Barbara (aka Robert Suhan), Dee W. Ieye (aka Kevin Farrell) and Kay Sedia
(Aka Oscar Quintero) all had sales over $200,000 last year. Let’s set things straight (no pun intended),
these ladies are not part of the LGBT movement.
They are more in the pattern of comedic entertainers, who find their
slightly over-the-top personas are non-threatening and attention getting. They ease the tension at their gatherings and
lessen the feeling that the hostess is using her friendships for personal gain.
All of them graciously acknowledge that they never
would have their success had it not been for the originator of the idea, L.A.’s
Pam Teflon (Jeff Sumner), whose mother prompted him to sell Tupperware as Joan
Crawford in the mid-1990s. He was so
successful that he made U.S. News and World Report, NPR and a feature story in
the LA Times.
The irony that these three men are breaking sales
records in a market that was designed to make women successful is not lost on
them. The original concept of rewarding
women for hosting a sales activity remains intact, and the success these three
entertainers have is shared by a multitude of soccer-moms and stay-at-home
wives in Orange and San Diego Counties.
More so than in Los Angeles where there are more drag queens and fewer
stay-at-home moms.
Although the closest relationship to Tupperware
and lobster may be that left-over lobster salad can be preserved, I found it
interesting that the most recent “Lobstermen” in Maine are now women, brought
into the workforce because of the economy and a falling price in lobster. NPR did a feature on one of the lady
Lobstermen that you might find interesting.
Here is a link to the four-minute feature.
Next posting I’ll be focusing on something a little
more personally familiar. Want to learn
the latest on the Tooth Fairy? Check out
my next post.
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