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Hi Everyone,

The women beat the men by more than the Cowboys beat the Steelers in the
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Is this a baseball match???
1996 Super Bowl! All of the Cowboys received a gold ring. In retailing,
the female winners, in many cases, receive discrimination, harassment, or
an office under a "glass ceiling."
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What does this mean?

Thanks!

Chongwei

Hi Chongwei,

The passage is about discrimination of women in work place. One way to interpret the passage is:

> The women beat the men by more than the Cowboys beat the Steelers in the
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Is this a baseball match???
> 1996 Super Bowl! All of the Cowboys received a gold ring.

The above line makes a statement that women beat men in more number of ways than Cowboys beat Steelers.

> In retailing, the female winners, in many cases, receive discrimination, harassment, or an office > under a "glass ceiling."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
What does this mean?

This line means that inspite of their acheivements, they face discrimination, harassment. Office under "glass ceiling" implies a place where each and every activity of women are looked upon, they are spied upon in their work.

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From: Manjunath <manjunath@TATAINFOTECH.COM>
To: MG-ED-DV@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
Subject: Re: [MG-ED-DV] Help me on explaining following passage!Thanks!
Date: Monday, November 09, 1998 6:46 AM

Hi Chongwei,

The passage is about discrimination of women in work place. One way to
interpret the passage is:

> The women beat the men by more than the Cowboys beat the Steelers in the
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Is this a baseball match???

> 1996 Super Bowl! All of the Cowboys received a gold ring.

This is the ultimate football championship, to determine the top football
team in the United States.


>The above line makes a statement that women beat men in more number of
ways than Cowboys beat Steelers.

Actually, the word "by" seems to refer more to the score than to areas of
play.


> In retailing, the female winners, in many cases, receive
discrimination, harassment, or an office > under a "glass ceiling."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
What does this mean?

> This line means that inspite of their acheivements, they face
discrimination, harassment. Office under "glass ceiling" implies a place
where each and every activity of women are looked upon, they are spied upon
in their work.


No. The "glass ceiling" is an expression that means that women in the
workplace bump into an invisible barrier wheh they try to rise in the
workplace beyond a certain point.

Hi,
'Glass Ceiling' actually refers to an artificial barrier in career progression. A glass ceiling is referred to when people can see where their career can go but are blocked as soon as they reach a certain point. For example,
someone who enters a particular profession without a university degree can only progress to a certain level regardless of their competence. On the other hand, competent or not, someone with a university degree can reach as high in
their career in this organisation as they want.

It doesn't only refer to women because it is a euphemism for career discrimination in the workplace, and as we know that can happen to anyone. Discrimination is a non-discriminatory evil.

Hope that helps

Phil Rutherford
Competency-based systems specialist
robnphil@ozemail.com.au


Manjunath wrote:

> Hi Chongwei,
>
> The passage is about discrimination of women in work place. One way to interpret the passage is:
>
> > The women beat the men by more than the Cowboys beat the Steelers in the
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Is this a baseball match???
> > 1996 Super Bowl! All of the Cowboys received a gold ring.
>
> The above line makes a statement that women beat men in more number of ways than Cowboys beat Steelers.
>
> > In retailing, the female winners, in many cases, receive discrimination, harassment, or an office > under a "glass ceiling."
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> What does this mean?
>
> This line means that inspite of their acheivements, they face discrimination, harassment. Office under "glass ceiling" implies a place where each and every activity of women are looked upon, they are spied upon in their work.