Denying her due credit based on her sex and appearance is a glass ceiling. It’s not just about achieving a position in the heirarchy alone, which you are correct she could just buy.
Or to continue the metaphor, she can buy a stair lift to reach the ceiling but she’s still got more work to do before people admit she deserves the standard level of respect anyone else in her position would receive.
As all the Lemmycells rushed over themselves to prove repeatedly in these comments.
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/g/glass-ceiling.asp
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass_ceiling
Denying her due credit based on her sex and appearance is a glass ceiling. It’s not just about achieving a position in the heirarchy alone, which you are correct she could just buy.
Or to continue the metaphor, she can buy a stair lift to reach the ceiling but she’s still got more work to do before people admit she deserves the standard level of respect anyone else in her position would receive.
As all the Lemmycells rushed over themselves to prove repeatedly in these comments.