The Glass Ceiling Effect

There are several successful stories out there about women who have broken through the glass ceiling effect. For example, Hillary Clinton is an excellent example of someone who overcame the glass ceiling barrier. However, in order for her to break through and be where she is right now in her career, she faced major effects from the glass ceiling concept. Even though her story is considered a successful case in proving that there is no such thing as the glass ceiling effect, we still noticed that she faced a milder form of the effect even after making it past the barrier. Therefore the glass ceiling effect is still very prominent to this day for many women in the workforce. Although, there are several women who are extremely successful in the workforce, there are plenty of women out there who face what is known as the glass ceiling effect. …show more content…
It is usually seen as a job inequality that exists that cannot be explained by a person’s past qualifications or achievements, and reflects a labor market discrimination not just labor market inequality” (32). This concept can also be seen just simply as a metaphor. A metaphor for a barrier that helps keep women out from getting job promotions, salary and pay raises, and from preventing them from future opportunities in the work force. If we break the phrase down and take a closer look at what the glass part means we see that glass stands for something that we can’t see or talk about due to being invisible. Often times women are not aware of it’s existence until she experiences the barrier or reaches it