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

relationship was established with a seal of global- local nature through hybridization of both
ideologies. This could be taken as a micro level novel model applicable for the study of

contemporary rural communities.

Keywords: Gender relationship, Globalization march, Glocalization, Ideology,

Hybridization.

Introduction

Globalization march point out that global capitalism being the sole and highest path

towards better human society for which the global community required to turn to
and without which any country in the present world would not be able to achieve

socio cultural development (Hemantha-Kumara,2018a;82: Scholte,2005;51). As
such, it should be decided either to march towards a mighty development effort

accepting capitalist methodology or to fall back as ‘Lilliputian’ countries

(Hemantha-Kumara, 2018b: Robertson, 2005). This research intends to investigate
the impact of globalization march upon the formation of gender relationships

regarding the family units. The reason is that the global society means only a new

picture of the capitalism and a social network as well as a technological society of
information and the questionability of basic features inherent to patriarchal family

system in modern society (Castells, 2000). “The concept gender relations as used
here refers to the relation of power between men and women which are revealed in a

range of practices, ideas and representations, including the division of labour, roles,
and resources between men and women, and the ascribing to them of different

abilities, attitudes, desires, personality traits, behavioural patterns, and so on”

(Agarwal,1994;51). As such, this researcher defines, in this study that the gender
relation and household work are necessarily the hierarchical relationship of power

system built upon between men and women, women and women, men and men in
gender wise that tend to disadvantage women. This type of gender relations and

household works are socially determined relations, culturally based, and are
subjected to change over time (Reeves and Baden, 2005: Agarwal, 1994; 52).

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