The Sticky Floor

The term sticky floor is used to describe a discriminatory employment pattern that keeps a certain group of people at the bottom of the job scale.

The sticky floor.

The ph of a chemical is what removes soils from the surface. The grease released by pan frying gets into the air or ends up on the floor. None of the examples utilized in the book resonated with me. Luckily in both cases the stickiness is caused by the same issue ph.

In the literature on gender discrimination the concept of sticky floors complements the concept of a glass ceiling. Most of the workers who experience the sticky floor are pink collar workers such as secretaries nurses or waitresses. The sticky floor concept is as the name describes implying there is less of a glass ceiling than one may have thought previously but rather as a woman that i am somehow unknowingly sabotaging my own efforts to achieve that senior level position. If you notice that the entire floor feels sticky under your feet even when the tile has been freshly mopped the culprit is likely the cleaning solution itself as suggested by the cleanest image.

Take the kitchen for example. Sticky floors can be described as the pattern that women are compared to men less likely to start to climb the job ladder. Thereby this phenomenon is related to gender differentials at the bottom of the wage distribution. In both cases a different cleaning solution is needed to remove the tacky film.

Salt residue will make a floor sticky.