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| GLASS
CEILING; GLASS ESCALATOR |
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| The word “glass”
in both metaphors is not an accident. |
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| If you have ever tried
walking through a closed glass door (well cleaned), you will relate.
Like a glass escalator, it is invisible. |
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| The barrier is there,
but not easy to see. |
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| The two metaphors refer to people
in jobs that are traditionally assigned to the other gender. |
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| Women find it difficult to get promotions
(to executive, decision making level) and men, relatively, find it easier. |
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| Both relate to the observation that
men tend to be promoted more often than women, whether the jobs are gender
stereotyped or not. |
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| Prejudice, bigotry and discrimination
are here based on sex, and are conceptually similar to those based on other
biological characteristics, age and race. |
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| If you systematically and arbitrarily
exclude categories or persons from decision making positions, ie management
and executive level, then the overall level of economic decision making
will be hindered. |
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| This means the economy
will not work at its potential. |
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