sticky floor

Italian translation: (effetto/fenomeno dello) "sticky floor" ("pavimento appiccicoso")

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English term or phrase:	sticky floor
Italian translation:	(effetto/fenomeno dello) "sticky floor" ("pavimento appiccicoso")
Entered by:	Gaetano Silvestri Campagnano

22:32 Apr 10, 2018

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English term or phrase: sticky floor

The report also outlines some of the causes of the wage gap, including the **"sticky floor," **a term that refers to a wide range of roadblocks that prevent women from rising beyond the lowest rungs of the career ladder.

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(fenomeno dello) "sticky floor" ("pavimento appiccicoso")

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https://books.google.it/books?id=PGM0DgAAQBAJ&pg=PT30&lpg=PT...

"insieme ai fenomeni della segregazione orizzontale e verticale è individuabile anche il cosiddetto sticky floor (pavimento appiccicoso), ovvero l'insieme delle forze che tendono a trattenere le donne nei settori occupazionali e disciplinari considerati femminili e ai più bassi livelli della piramide organizzativa"

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Note added at 16 min (2018-04-10 22:49:10 GMT)
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In alternativa, potresti utilizzare anche "tetto/soffitto di cristallo", come ho suggerito per l'altra domanda, con il vantaggio di non dover indicare il termine inglese, trattandosi di un'espressione molto affermata in italiano.

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Note added at 19 min (2018-04-10 22:51:48 GMT)
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Spesso si parla proprio di "effetto soffitto di cristallo":

https://www.google.it/search?rlz=1C2DVCP_enIT431IT584&ei=rzX...

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Gaetano Silvestri Campagnano
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Local time: 12:02

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(fenomeno dello) "sticky floor" ("pavimento appiccicoso")

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(fenomeno dello) "sticky floor" ("pavimento appiccicoso")

Gaetano Silvestri Campagnano
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Local time: 12:02
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