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

               international context have also agreed upon the concept of creation of noble man
               (Hemantha-Kumara, 2018b: Marasinghe, 2012; 11-19).



               However,  the  women  of  Rejjipura  and  Badungoda  villages  are  considered  wives,
               mothers, and housewives. Traditional gender norms have influenced this situation

               and  according  to  etic  vision,  the  nature  of  both  these  villages  has  not  changed
               significantly.  Many  families  of  these  villages  make  use  of  the  new  technical

               implements given by the globalization process or else the “material side,” and the
               family structures have been changed the ideological aspect of globalization march or

               else the non-materialist parties are not to be witnessed that far in keeping with the

               etic  vision.  Although  the  vision  of  subjects  in  these  two  villages  is  similar  to
               “Whenever the world changes, men too should change” opinion as far emic vision

               (see  Boxes)  by  the  definition  given  to  the  tern  “to  change”  meant  to  associate
               material side of the globalization process more and more into their lives. Material

               implements such as domestic technological items, communication devices etc. have
               facilitated the household chores of these families. But still, at the division of labour

               of these communities existing gender norms have not been sufficiently evolved as

               per etic version.


               As such, even in the deployment of global technology gender relation in the labour
               types of domestic works are not reckoned as work by the etic version. It is further

               confirmed that such ‘work’ should essentially be duties of women. This idea was

               forwarded by R. Kurian in 1989.Although males are considered bread winners who
               provide  the  family  with  economic  means  and  who  command  respect  as  the

               householders,  they  do  not  make  any  favourable  or  justifiable  position  in  gender
               relations regarding to women. As such, this creates a huge gap between the emic

               vision and the etic (or the researchers) vision. Although it could be said that these
               practices need to be changed progressively, the emic vision of these villagers just

               take as natural conditions. They do not think such things need to be changed.





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