Feminine Mystique: When the only mystery in the women’s life was unfathoming domesticity and removing the stains from bath tub.

Glass ceiling : Cinderella’s glass shoe phenomena in reverse may be viewed as the Glass Ceiling. It's like the 'lakshman rekha ' for career-oriented women.

Second Shift: The second shift is a more sophisticated way of referring to domestic work which the houswives would have to come back to , after working at the factories/ offices.

Bona fide occupational Qualification: a phenomena by virtue of which , a woman's qualification may be completely disregarded by her employers . A less than gratifying job may then be handed to her.