according to eistrup and kahlig the greenlandic men became the losers eistrup and kahlig with reference to arnfred rasmussen further suggests that even successful fishermen and hunters in practice often rely on their spouses income thus a growing number of households depend on income from the women and more than half of the homes where hunting and fishing represent a significant part of the revenues it is women who earn most of the money as rasmussen states single men without these income sources however are confronted with severe economic problems rasmussen and an increasing number of these may in practice often rely on living as couch surfers with family and friends or receive help from ageing parents which according to rasmussen only amplifies the extent of social problems in the small villages