"Glass escalator"-effect

The "glass escalator" or "glass ceiling"-effect can be explained easily. It refers to situations where someone, male or female, applies for a job in the hierarchy of an organization and isn't aloud to practice it because of discrimination, like sexism or racism. 

Young and James (2001) and O'Lynn (2004) describe how men are more likely to be promoted up to more "legitimate" positions when they work in female-dominated professions. 

For example, in a hospital, under the nursing staff, when they have a population of 30 nurses, and 5 of them are male, it is most likely these men will be occupied with the management.

Look at daycares. All the women take care of the children, while the men (if there are any men in the first place!) take care of the administration. And perhaps one of the female workers is better at administration, but it fades away next to the fact the is a man...

It is a phenomenon I can only agree with. Nowadays, it is normal if men are prefered for more "men-like" jobs. I think it is a shame this still happens. We live in 2010, and women have the same rights like men. 

Glass ceiling occurs very often, and should be broken through.

Justine Fieuw