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Bronze ceiling
Meaning:
The traditional construction of statues out of bronze that represent men rather than women
Usage:
The plea to break the bronze ceiling will indeed puncture the erstwhile gender hierarchies. To celebrate the contribution of women it is imperative that we attempt to break the bronze ceiling.
This will also ensure that women get registered in the annals of history.
Origin:
To celebrate the extraordinary life and legacy of Mary Wollstonecraft by breaking the bronze ceiling; the campaign is called MARRY ON THE GREEN which wants a statue to the founding feminist Mary Wollstonecraft, on Newington Green in London. Her memorialization would help break the bronze ceiling as 90% of London’s statues commemorate men, leaving many incredible women ignored and uncelebrated like Mary Wollstonecraft
Glass ceiling
Meaning:
It is the unacknowledged barrier to the advancement in a profession, especially affecting women and minorities; (ceiling implying an upper limit)
Usage:
After not receiving the promotion like her other male colleagues, Sujata felt that she hit the glass ceiling as her results were equally stupendous. Women still have to shatter the glass ceiling as the dream of their complete empowerment is still far fetched.
Origin:
In 1978 management consultant Marilyn Loden was first credited to have discussed about the invisible glass ceiling. Such barriers exist due to implicit prejudice on the basis of age, ethnicity, political or religious affiliation. Although generally illegal such practices are prevalent in most countries.
Glass cliff
Meaning:
The corporate tendency to appoint women to precarious or suboptimal leadership positions; tendency of groups, organizations or political parties to put women in power during times of crisis, when the likelihood of failure is highest; the glass cliff addresses the tendency of placing women who have broken through the glass ceiling into precarious positions, making it likely that their performance will falter, as if they are at risk of falling off the cliff; placing women in that position gives the company or institution someone to blame is she fails and it makes the company look progressive as they hired a woman for the role
Usage:
The concept of glass cliff explains how women are treated as scapegoats According to eminent feminists even though some women do manage to break through the glass ceiling, they fall off the glass cliff
Glass beaker ceiling
Meaning:
Explains the lack of female role models in the sciences
Usage:
Girls should be encouraged to be open to the world of sciences as this itself could result in puncturing the glass beaker ceiling The lack of women receiving the Nobel Prize in the field of sciences explains that the glass beaker ceiling is deeply entrenched within our society The ‘for women in science’ campaign could be a step forward to eliminate glass beaker ceiling
Gobbledygook:
Meaning:
Language that is meaningless or is made unintelligible by excessive use of technical terms; speech or writing that is difficult to understand
Usage:
Cut down the gobbledygook and inform him the apt rentals
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