Sociology / Unit 7 Soc 1095 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Glass Ceiling
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The idea
The glass ceiling is an invisible barrier limiting women's advancement into an organization's highest positions, visible in the pattern of who does not rise.
In practice
A legislature with many women in early roles but few in its highest seats reveals the barrier without any single vote proving it.
Where people slip
The barrier is inferred from a pattern across many careers, not any single case.
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