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The results of the investigations carried out by the “Association of French Local Administrators” at the end of the 2009 and in 2010, on a representative sample of the most important territorial employers, shows the under?representation of women: women represent 10 % of director generals of services and 20 to 25 % on average of deputy director generals (DGA). The explanation for this apparent glass ceiling in the access to top managerial and executive positions is complex. Examination of the pool of prospective director generals shows that career advancement takes place in several steps and that, at each step, an under?representation of women is to be found. In this context, one should talk, not solely of a glass ceiling but more precisely, of a multitude of inequalities of access under the form of a « pyramid of glass ceiling ».