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glass ceiling

 noun
     
glass ceiling [singular]
the attitudes and practices that prevent women or particular groups from getting high level jobs, even though there are no actual laws or rules to stop them:
Goodhue shattered the glass ceiling as the first female publisher at Time Inc.
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