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Chris -- 2018-04-11

#1 2005-12-19 16:46:59

klakritz
Eggcornista
From: Winchester Massachusetts
Registered: 2005-10-25
Posts: 674

'glass sealing' for 'glass ceiling'

This is a converse to the preceding eggcorn. The ‘glass ceiling’ is the invisible barrier to intitutional advancement that women and other minorities face. The eggcorn version views woman as sealled into their ghettoized and inferior employment status. Examples:

Join a company with a heart for women. They support women and children in need. There is no glass sealing with this compnay.
salonchannel.com/mb/showmessage.asp?id=17181

She expressed her discontent over the continued ‘glass sealing’ in matters of women being recognised in the leadership sector…
www.timesnews.co.ke/14oct05/nwsstory/other3.html

discuss Leadership, the job market, the glass sealing, and Other interesting issues. regarding women Entering into the job market of the 21st Century.
www.uww.edu/LeaderDev/pdf/sp04events.pdf

There is no glass sealing with this company and many women are making more than they did in corporate and working less hours.
salonchannel.com/mb/showmessage.asp?id=17186

I had to kiss ASS and brown nose every step of the way. Women like me seem to hit the glass sealing If we dont put out.
www.rcnitrotalk.com/forum/ archive/index.php/t-28363.html

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