Butt pinches, threesome requests and a glass ceiling: sexism is systemic in Michigan’s political culture
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A woman stands underneath the glass ceiling on the ground level at the Michigan State Capitol in Lansing Michigan. Nicole Hester/Mlive.com
There’s a glass ceiling in the Michigan Capitol.
Designed as a glass floor for the building’s rotunda, it’s a big draw for school groups and other Capitol visitors. Little girls lay on it, faces pressed to the cloudy glass to see if they can make out shapes moving one floor down.
But to the women entering below – staff, consultants, public relations professionals, interns, journalists, lobbyists and lawmakers – it’s a visual reminder of what they’re pushing up against.
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