Glass Ceiling
The term glass ceiling refers to the ceiling that is placed on some individuals as to how high they can advance in their company and how much money that they can make. The ceiling is the limitations that they have and the glass stands for how it is not immediately apparent that it exists and how it is an unwritten policy today. This barrier keeps individuals from advancing further in their careers and gives them almost no chance to become a senior manager in any large company. It also keeps them from earning the same wage as others in the same position.
For women the glass ceiling starts to form itself very early on. From the moment a woman enters the work force after college, she is faced with much discrimination and the belief that she will not be able to do as well of a job than a man. A man and woman who both have the same education and training for a job, will have a large gap in their yearly income. In the first year of a job, a man will make approximately $14,619 compared to a woman who will make only $12,201. That is a gap of 17%. There is no reason why there should be any gap in their incomes during the first year of their jobs. They both have the same education and qualifications necessary for the job, yet they are being treated unequally. The woman has not shown that she is not capable of accomplishing her job and has given her employer no reason to doubt her commitment to her career. And this discrimination does not go away. After five years on the job, at the same rate and level as each other, the pay gap actually increases. A male will get paid an average of $28,119 while a female only receives $22,851. This is how things have been done for years. The man typically gets paid more money and holds more executive jobs than women do, simply because they are males. A man will be paid an average of 47% more than females in the course of their lives. Even though this is wrong, this has been happening for so long that both men and...