"rigid divide" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It means a strict or inflexible separation between two things. Example: The election has highlighted the rigid divide between the two political parties, making it difficult for any compromise or collaboration to occur.
The figures also illustrate an increasingly rigid divide between the fortunes of these countries and those further north, where the picture is far rosier.
Perhaps this is down to the skill of its film-makers, a rigid divide between (editorial) church and (advertising) state, or an uncanny knack to pick brand partners that perfectly reflect the demographic.
The same rigid divide informs a recent manifesto "in defense of science and secularism" signed by such academic luminaries as Daniel C. Dennett, Steven Pinker, Peter Singer and Edward O. Wilson.
Héctor Carrillo argues that the stereotype of Latin culture, with its demonstrative religiosity and more rigid divide in gender roles, contrasts sharply with that of American culture ("How Latin Culture Got More Gay," Op-Ed, May 17).
Mr Cochrane thinks there can be a rigid divide between the safe and risky assets; history suggests that there will also be a market for products that cross this divide.
He also did nothing to dispel the impression that he looks upon winning the Presidency as an opportunity to expand his family's business interests, and that he has no intention of establishing any kind of rigid divide between himself and the Trump Organization.
We also know that societies that have rigid divides around gender, where few women are in positions of power, also have higher levels of domestic violence and, in fact, violence in general.
Equally pernicious, by general consent, was the rigid status divide between academic and vocational learning.
They clapped hands in one rhythm, beat their feet against the floorboards in another, and lifted their voices into a song that had been passed down to them through generations and in defiance of a rigid racial divide.
Since some thirty states have already adopted constitutional amendments banning single-sex marriage, this is another way of endorsing a rigid geographical divide in which gay inhabitants of New York, Massachusetts, and a few other spots can get married, but gay people in places like Georgia, Florida, and Texas can't.
Could a society with a relatively more rigid gender divide have as a healthy approach to sex?
