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pink ceiling

noun

Etymology

pink (“relating to homosexuals as a group within society”) + ceiling (“suggesting a barrier to upward advancement”), modeled after glass ceiling.

Definitions

  1. An informal (and often unacknowledged) barrier to promotion or advancement, in employment…

    An informal (and often unacknowledged) barrier to promotion or advancement, in employment and elsewhere, for gay and lesbian people.

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