女性在職場升遷過程中遭遇的“玻璃天花板（glass ceiling）”大概很多人都聽說過了。不過，在競爭更加激烈的商場，女性又遭遇了另一種障礙：grass ceiling（草坪天花板）。在高爾夫球場邊打球邊談生意似乎成了男人們的專有權(quán)利，女性往往被排除在外。

Grass ceiling refers to a set of social, cultural, and discriminatory barriers that prevent or discourage women from using golf to conduct business.

Grass ceiling（草坪天花板）指阻止女性通過高爾夫運(yùn)動(dòng)來做生意的一系列社會(huì)及文化歧視性障礙。

Most private golf clubs prevent women from playing during the most popular golfing hours such as weekend mornings. Many clubs also have men-only dining rooms and prevent women from voting on club rules. And, when a couple divorces, or a male member dies, the club often orders the woman to clean out her locker.

大部分私人高爾夫俱樂部都禁止女性在周末早晨等高爾夫高峰時(shí)段去打球。很多俱樂部設(shè)有男士專用餐廳，制定俱樂部規(guī)則時(shí)不接受女性投票。當(dāng)遇到夫婦離婚或者男性會(huì)員亡故的情況時(shí)，俱樂部通常會(huì)把與之相關(guān)的女性成員請(qǐng)出俱樂部。

Many women say the restrictions hurt their efforts to be equals in the business world. Like the executive "glass ceiling," the grass ceiling keeps women from advancing in business.

很多女性表示，這些限制抵消了她們?yōu)闋幦∩虡I(yè)世界中平等地位而付出的努力。草坪天花板與升遷時(shí)遭遇的玻璃天花板一樣，阻擋了女性在商界前進(jìn)的步伐。

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