The figurative cage that members of a privileged class cannot escape, e.g. being white or male. Enclosed within the cage is all the inherent bonuses one receives due to his or her membership of that group.
"It's tough being aware of my own glass cage of privilege while not being able to do anything significant about it."
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An insult meaning that they are so angry at their own self image that they become enraged at the mirror and try to strangle their reflection - smashing the mirror which gets glass in their hands. A last name can be added on to the end of glass hands to create a nick name - which is the usual way the insult is used.
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Get the cool :glasses mug.believed to be the remnants of a feudal alien race that would use the fragile object to reflect the rays of the sun and blind their enemies with an aurora of colorful light only to spare enough time to make a meatloaf
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