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