The Glass Ceiling Effect

Although, many women can work in today’s society, they still face what is called “the glass ceiling effect, however, other people believe that there is no such thing as the glass ceiling effect.
The glass ceiling effect can be defined in many ways, but according to the journal article The Glass Ceiling Effect is defined as, "the unseen, yet unbreakable barrier that keeps minorities and women from rising to the upper rungs of the corporate ladder, regardless of their qualifications or achievements." 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 herself. This term “the glass ceiling effect” was first popularized in the 1980’s. However, the term was first used in a book in 1984, The Working Woman Report, by Gay Bryant. It was later on then used in The Wall Street Journal article that was based on women who face barriers working in high corporate positions.
On the other hand, there are many people who believe that there is no such thing as the “glass ceiling.” Those people may argue that there already are movements and set systems that provide women’s equality. The movements and systems include women’s liberation, feminism and civil rights legislation. That group of people may also argue that the job that women pick are not the ones that keep them off of the executive tract, meaning that the women are the one’s stopping themselves from reaching their higher potential. Another thing that is common for people who disagree with the “glass ceiling effect” is that they believe that women are not or do not have the proper education needed for those top jobs. Lastly, many of them agree that women who are dedicated to earning that higher position most of the time don’t have long enough experience to be in that spot.