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glass ceiling

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17:57 Jun 2, 2010
English to Thai translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Government / Politics
Additional field(s): Human Resources, Management
English term or phrase: glass ceiling
Definition from inmotionmagazine.com:
Glass ceilings are the artificial barriers that deny women and minorities the opportunity to advance within their careers

Example sentence(s):
  • Even before The Wall Street Journal coined the term "glass ceiling" 20 years ago, researchers debated why women seldom reach the highest ranks in business. Forbes.com
  • "Although we weren't able to shatter that highest, hardest glass ceiling this time, it's got about 18 million cracks in it," Hillary Clinton told a huge rally of supporters at the National Building Museum in Washington. smh.com.au
  • The potential is there for women to achieve an equal footing with men, but the social mores and male attitudes make an effective barrier to women rising above a certain point; this tendency brings to mind a glass ceiling. Feminism and Women's Studies
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Summary of translations provided
4เพดานที่มองไม่เห็น
Soonthon LUPKITARO(Ph.D.)


  

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68 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
เพดานที่มองไม่เห็น


Definition from managerroom:
Glass ceiling: เข้าใจแล้ว มันคือ ความไม่เสมอภาคของเพศหญิงนั่นเอง...มันมี
หนังสือเล่มโตเลยนะ ผมมีน่ะ ใครสนใจขอได้ครับผม...เพิ่งได้มา

Example sentence(s):
  • นอกเหนือจากความเหลื่อมล้ำด้านรายได้แล้ว ยังมีความเหลื่อมล้ำในศักดิ์ศรีคือ มีคนไทยจำนวนมากที่รู้สึกว่าถูกเลือกปฏิบัติ ไม่ได้รับความเป็นธรรม ถูกกดเอาไว้ด้วยกลไกต่างๆ หรือมีเพดานที่มองไม่เห็น (glass ceiling) กดทับพวกเขาไว้ - nidambe11  

Explanation:
ยังอาจเรียกว่า เพดานแก้ว ดู http://www.google.co.th/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=4&ved=0CCAQFj...
Soonthon LUPKITARO(Ph.D.)
Thailand
Local time: 22:55
Native speaker of: Thai
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