| The present study was carried out on the 80 female respondents in village Gatauli in district Jindof Haryana. The study is descriptive and exploratory in nature. The present study has focused to know the involvement of the rural womenin the decision making process of their family affairs..This study explains that maximum respondents have beenengaged in household and agricultural activities. Their decision making is not restricted upto domestic work only. Their husbands give weight to their suggestions regarding agricultural activities. But the major decisions regarding sale purchase of land, vote casting, marriages, purchasing of machinery, number of children in the family, etc. are still taken by the men only. Thus, patriarchy still exists in the domestic arena of the Indian society. |