Are Women Taking over Power and Labour from Men? Gender Relations in Pre- and Post-colonial Greenland

Abstract In pre-colonial Greenland, the breadwinner was traditionally the hunter. The ability to hunt and their role as breadwinners gave the men structural power and prestige. In order better to understand contemporary gender relations in Greenland, this paper examines “structural power” where men, traditionally due to being the breadwinners, were the powerful ones in the household. It is argued that, even though more women have become breadwinners today, the structural power of men still persists but might be undergoing changes.