Male social workers, nurses, librarians, and elementary teachers are often tracked toward administrative jobs regardless of their actual interest in doing administrative work. This phenomenon is known as:

a. the glass ceiling
b. the glass escalator
c. nepotism
d. the sticky floor


b. the glass escalator

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