brass ceiling

English

Etymology

brass (“indicating high-ranking officers”) + ceiling (“suggesting a barrier to upward advancement”)

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Noun

brass ceiling (plural brass ceilings)

(idiomatic) An unwritten, uncodified barrier to promotion or progression for women in law enforcement or the military.
- 2004, Schulz, Dorothy Moses. Breaking the Brass Ceiling: Women Police Chiefs and Their Paths to the Top. Greenwood Publishing. →ISBN
- 2007, Breaking Through the Brass Ceiling: Elite Military Women's Strategies for Success. ProQuest. →ISBN

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