Glass Ceiling Effect in What Men Want Movie (2019)

Authors

  • Dian Ari Safitri Universitas Jenderal Soedirman
  • Ririn Kurnia Trisnawati Universitas Jenderal Soedirman
  • Mia Fitria Agustina Universitas Jenderal Soedirman

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25273/etj.v10i1.12388

Keywords:

Career Gender, Glass ceiling, Stereotyping, Women

Abstract

The glass ceiling effect is a phenomenon that often happens in society but is still rarely addressed. It is because this phenomenon is oftentimes hard to notice since we are already used to it. However, this kind of issue is apparent in What Men Want (2019) movie. This current study aims to analyze the glass ceiling effect faced by the main character in the movie, Ali Davis. The method used to help analyze the data is a qualitative method by taking dialogues from the movie as the main data of this research. The result shows the aspects that indicate the glass ceiling effect in the movie are the employee promotion system, discrimination from male coworkers, and discrimination from a prospective client. Eventually, this study reveals that the glass ceiling effect still occurs in the modern era. Therefore, this current study suggests that companies have to be mindful when they set policies and a good understanding of gender equality among people in the workplace is also needed to minimize the similar cases.   

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Author Biographies

Dian Ari Safitri, Universitas Jenderal Soedirman

Dian Ari Safitri is a student in Jenderal Soedirman University. She takes literature as her major. Currently, she is in the 6th semester. She is interested in Gender Studies in literature, Psychoanalysis and Children's Literature.

Ririn Kurnia Trisnawati, Universitas Jenderal Soedirman

Ririn Kurnia Trisnawati is a lecturer at Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Humanities, Universitas Jenderal Soedirman. Her research interests are reader-response studies, postcolonial literature, noir genre, and Southeast Asian Literature in English.

Mia Fitria Agustina, Universitas Jenderal Soedirman

Mia Fitria Agustina holds an S.S. in English Literature from Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, and an M.A. in American Study from Universitas Gadjah Mada. Since 2009, she has taught in English Literature Study Program in Universitas Jenderal Soedirman. Her research interests include literary criticism, children’s literature, and literary literacies.

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Published

08-06-2022

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Vol. 10 No. 1 (2022)

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