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Research Journal of the University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka- Rohana 11, 2019

Hypothesis of the study

The hypothesis of the study can be formulated as follows.

“Contemporary rural societies contain the mode of traditionality and the mode

of globality, both which have jointly created a new model that activates the
gender relationship in family units of the Sri Lankan context.”

Objectives of the study

The overall objective of this research was to analyse the impact of globalization

march on the formation of gender relationships regarding the domestic division of

labour within rural society in Sri Lanka. The specific objectives of the research
include:

i. To identify and understand factors associated in the formation of gender

relationship regarding the domestic division of labour in rural family units.

ii. To explore the nature of gender relationship with relevance to the

participation in domestic economy and relevant stages.

iii. To introduce a new formula explaining gender relationship prevailing in the
contemporary rural communities in Sri Lanka.

iv. To point out the difference between the actual established gender

relationships in rural communities and scholarly angled perspectives.

These first two specific objectives have been made based on the theories centred

upon the globalization paradigm and the universal declaration of the human rights as
accepted by the international community and the norms /definitions akin to gender

relations. Moreover, the research on power relations of family units done by C.O. N
Moser (1993), Binna Agarwal (1994), Ramani Jayathillaka (1998) and S. Kottegoda

(2004) has also been helpful.

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