Buddhism beyond Gender: Liberation from Attachment to Identity Paperback – 27 Mar. 2018

I found this book to be extraordinarily insightful. As a Buddhist practitioner--one who cares deeply about the issues of gender but feels they are underrepresented or glossed over--this book was a revelation. The main theme is that attachment to gender roles—of any gender—creates suffering. The author refers to this as the “prison of gender roles.” But ultimately, the view in Buddhism is that attachment to any fixed views or fixed identity leads to suffering. She shows both how we as individuals can find freedom (through emptiness, or egolessness) and how Buddhist traditions can address this. I love the author’s occasional personal anecdotes of how she’s confronted issues related to gender roles in her own life.As for the one-star review that exists for this book, my impression is that the reviewer missed the forest for the trees, though I wish them the best.