The glass ceiling is a term coined for the invisible barrier to movement in the very top positions in business and government, making it difficult for women to reach the top of their profession (Appelbaum and Chambliss 1997). ... Am I going to knock myself out for the next twenty years only to be passed over for a man? ... The fact that there are so few women at the top of the ladder is very discouraging to them, let alone the fact that women still only earn approximately 75 percent of what a man earns in the same career. ... Many of them still hold the age-old stereotype that women should not...

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