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

The nature of gender relationship with relevance to the participation in domestic
economy and relevant stages.

As mentioned earlier, husbands of both villages have been accepted as the earners of
family income (emic vision). Women of these villages also have identified

themselves as income earners of the families. This is proved by the percentage of
89% wives of those families who fail to contribute some amount for the monthly and

regular family income. Therefore, a little earning of women is not accounted as
‘income’. Besides the tasks they perform are not accounted as ‘work’ as per emic

vision. Any woman employed in an office, factory, or in a shop earn a monthly

salary, then their work accepted as ‘work’ (employment). Likewise, the contribution
made by woman towards family economy depicts the emic approach.

New employment opportunities are created by the economic impact of globalization

march. Diversification of professional structures also benefits a part of these

villagers. Thus, globalization has affected in creating a difference in the rural
economic structure. Anyhow, women of villages employed in the jobs considered to

be suitable for them by the norms of the village tradition. Likewise, males too get
their jobs labelled as suitable for men. As such, it cannot be said, that just because

the widening of employment opportunities through the globalization process. In
other words, by the change of economic structure women of these villagers have

been benefitted. The normative base of these villagers has also influenced on this

matter. But this situation has not made a problem for the women in their relations.
The reason for this situation is the vision of these communities called as ‘emic

view’. By this vision, the traditional normative system is being strengthened and
perpetuated uninterruptedly gender relationships have been established under the

partnership in domestic economy and to the relevant occasions. A social structure
peculiar to the rural societies in the country has been developed in these two

globalizes villagers. On one hand, the rural social structure has been rapidly

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