Collapsing the Divide

This groundbreaking book provides an accessible, empowering exploration of the evolution of gender identity issues and the ongoing fight for equality and inclusion in society. Spanning topics from workplace discrimination to transgender rights, author Leslie Green leverages decades of scholarship and activism to illuminate the complex forces shaping gender opportunity worldwide. Each chapter examines lingering cultural and structural barriers that continue to limit freedom and justice based on identity. The book explores restrictive gender stereotypes and roles, the persistence of the workplace gender pay gap, lack of women in leadership, imbalanced family caregiving burdens, disproportionate gender-based violence, and the marginalization experienced by transgender and gender non-conforming individuals. Green provides policy and societal context around key identity terms like cisgender, transgender, non-binary, gender fluid and gender affirming. The book chronicles the history of gende