Kirche, Kuche, Kinder

Kinder, Kirche, Kuche, or the 3 K's, is an old German slogan translated "children, church, kitchen," describing women's role in society. The words are sometimes written in varying orders (e.g. "Kirche, Kuche, Kinder"). Although the phrase originated before the Nazi era, it was also employed during the Third Reich. In a September 1934 speech to the National Socialist Women's Organization, Adolf Hitler argued that for the German woman her "world is her husband, her family, her children, and her home," a policy which was reinforced by Lebensborn, use of the 3 K's in propaganda, and the bestowing of the Cross of Honor of the German Mother on women bearing four or more babies.

In 1967, feminist Naomi Weisstein wrote Kinder, Kirche, Kuche as Scientific Law: Psychology Constructs the Female, perhaps the earliest work in the discipline of the psychology of women, which was reprinted over 42 times in six different languages[1].

References

• Weisstein, Naomi: Naomi Weisstein Biography, 2000.