Abstract:
Over the past two decades, globalization has brought tremendous opportunities along with serious challenges to many societies around the world. This paper briefly reviews how the concept o f globalization affects the Sri Lankan society. There are two assumptions in relation to the impact o f globalization on human lives, one is increasing homogenization o f societies and cultures all over the world and other one is, as a result o f globalization societies get more homogenization. This study focused on three broader areas in which the Sri Lankan society experienced a significant impact o f globalization. They are entertainment, information technology and sexuality. It showed th a t still Sri Lankan society has not completely adopted the process of globalization. A sa developing
country, it helps to promote inequality among men and women. But, very few in the younger generation are adopting this process. Another significant finding is that educated, wealthy people are benefited by the process o f globalization. It concludes that Sri Lankan society is experiencing a competitive disadvantage in the context o f globalization.
