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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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