The glass ceiling is a popular metaphor used to describe inequalities between men and women in the workplace. “The image suggests that although it may now be the case that women are able to get through the front door of managerial hierarchies, at some point they hit an invisible barrier that blocks any further upward movement...It applies to women as a group who are kept from advancing higher because they are women” (Baxter & Wright, 2000). Generally, the glass ceiling refers to inequalities that occur over the course of a career where women and minorities start promising careers, but at a certain point are cut off from promotions and pay raises due to gender discrimination. This ceiling can be shown by the fact that even though
