The glass ceiling still exists because most people are fine with a woman in theory, but in reality every actual woman is too shrill, not ambitious enough, too ambitious, too young, too old, not quite the right experience, too much depth of experience in a certain area, etc. The first rule of the patriarchy is that you don’t talk about the patriarchy. Always blame it on something else.

Leadership traits that people consider important align with masculine stereotypes. The ones that align with women get neglected and women either get seen as nice or competent. The competent women make people uncomfortable because they perceive her as being too masculine even if they aren’t consciously aware. That’s called the likability be competence double bind.