Glass ceiling

She was bom poor and raised in a household where she was sexually molested. She could have chosen hundreds of excuses ranging from poverty, racism, prejudice, glass ceiling, etc. But she succeeded anyway. She is arguably the most influencial woman in America in an industry dominated by powerful men (television.) And, she is one of the wealthiest and highest paid women in America influencing millions of people daily via her TV talk show. 

Tesch, B.J., Wood, H.M., Helwig, A.L., and Nattinger, A.B. (1995). Promotion of women physicians in academic medicine Glass ceiling or sticky floor Journal of the American Medical Association, 273, 1022-1025. 

Donna J. Dean, National Institutes of Health A couple of weeks ago at an NIH-related activity focusing on underrepresented minorities in science and medicine I heard a very good phrase related to the glass ceiling concept the sticky floor. Even in places where there are no glass ceilings, there is still a sticky floor holding people back. 

Stuart, P. (1992). What does the glass ceiling cost you Personnel Journal, 71(11), 70-80. 

The term glass ceiling refers to situations where the advancement of a person within the hierarchy of an organization is limited, usually because of some form of discrimination, most commonly because of gender and/or race. This situation is referred to as a ceiling because there is a Hmitation blocking upward advancement, and glass (transparent) because the limitation— normally an unwritten and unofficial policy—is not immediately apparent to those who eventually encounter it. 

This, in turn, has resirlted in less women in the power structure and the so-called glass ceiling - hidden barriers to promotion This can affect women s mental health. The same power structure has in the past played down sexual harassment again a source of imdesirable mental stress for some people, mainly women, at work. 

WOMEN IN TECHNOLOGY IN THE U.S. GLASS CEILING STILL NOT BROKEN... 

Rosser, Sue V. 2004. The science glass ceiling Academic women scientists and the struggle to succeed. New York Routledge. 

This leads us to propose a comprehensive program with several actions to improve the present situation. The aim of the proposal is to increase the presence of women in engineering studies and therefore in the engineering and architectural field (to shatter the glass ceiling). 

Gressel, Jonathan, Genetic Glass Ceilings Transgenics for Crop Biodiversity, obnsllopMns Jmveisity Press, Baltimore, MD, 2008. 

Cech, E. A., Blair-Loy, M. (2010). Perceiving glass ceilings Meritocratic versus structural explanations of gender inequality among women in science and technology. Social Problems, 57(3), 371-397. 

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