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Glass ceiling

(Techo de cristal )

Ilustración de una copa invertida. Una mujer está atrapada dentro de la copa y hay un hombre parado sobre la copa.

The glass ceiling is a metaphor coined within gender studies to point to the invisible barriers that women face when making breakthroughs in their careers, particularly when moving towards high-ranking jobs.

The fact that these barriers are invisible makes them difficult to identify and explain their existence. Therefore, the consequences of this ‘ceiling’ are attributed to women’s individual characteristics, and not to the structural inequalities and prejudice. 

The expression originated in an article published in 1986 in The Wall Street Journal about executive women.

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Photo credit: Hyejin Kang

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