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glass escalator: a standalone construct

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glassescalator1 CONSTRUCTGlass escalatorWILLIAMS · GENDER STUDIES

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Gender studies

hidden advantages that carry men upward into higher positions within female-dominated professions such as nursing and teaching.

In gender studies, glass escalator refers to hidden advantages that carry men upward into higher positions within female-dominated professions such as nursing and teaching. This meaning comes from Williams (1992) in Social Problems.[1]

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  1. Williams, C. L. (1992). The Glass Escalator: Hidden Advantages for Men in the "Female" Professions. Social Problems, 39(3), 253-267. https://doi.org/10.2307/3096961

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