gender issues in rural societies eg the construction of rural femininities and masculinities may be relevant for migration since traditional gender roles and expectations are more prevalent in rural societies rahut og littke however in contrast to this stenbacka writes that the idea of the rural machoculture which is also underlined in the swedish tv programmes she has studied can be seen as an attempt to place the blame for the problems in the peripheral areas on the men who choose to stay there elaborated later see also forsbergand stenbacka the economic factor in this context means mainly the support or the welfare services that they are entitled to in denmark compared to the welfare services they can get in the faroe islands knudsen own translation from a gender perspective however it is interesting that alands statistik och utredningsbura asub since has compiled an annual report concerning essential gender differences in the society of the aland islands