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A glass ceiling is a metaphor usually applied to women, used to represent an invisible barrier that prevents a given demographic from rising beyond a certain level in a hierarchy. [1] The metaphor was first used by feminists in reference to barriers in the careers of high-achieving women.
The glass ceiling has been found to be mostly exclusive to white men compared to other races. [10] Additionally, Researcher James Maume found strong predictive power that men do benefit from a glass escalator, but men and women do not have access to the same benefits due to the concept of the glass ceiling. [11]
The stained-glass ceiling is a sociological phenomenon in religious communities similar to the concept of the "glass ceiling".This concept revolves around the apparent difficulty for women who seek to gain a role within church leadership.
The glass cliff is a hypothesized phenomenon in which women are more likely to break the "glass ceiling" (i.e. achieve leadership roles in business and government) during periods of crisis or downturn when the risk of failure is highest.
"For a majority of workers with limited skills, there is a glass ceiling. Even if you work 14 hours a day you cannot save enough to build a house or start a family." ... "The meaning of 'the good ...
Glass-Ceiling Index (GCI) is an index for visualizing the glass ceiling metaphor, created by The Economist, combining data on higher education, labour-force participation, pay, child cares costs, maternity and paternity rights business-school applications and representation in senior jobs. [1]
Called the "paper ceiling," this invisible barrier holds workers without a college degree back. The nonprofit organization Opportunity at Work says as many as 30 million workers are held back by ...
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