Children, Kitchen, Church
The alliteration children, kitchen, church (also called the three Ks ) is a standing phrase that describes the social role of women according to conservative values : She should therefore be about the upbringing of the offspring, housework and the mediation and compliance with moral principles, as the Church commanded, cared for and mediated.
According to Sylvia Paletschek, the phrase came up sporadically at the turn of the 20th century, but it was not until the 1970s that it became a constant expression in the German-speaking area; in the Anglo-American area the phrase became known a few decades earlier.
The history of the moral concept behind the phrase must be viewed separately. Due to the discussions and publications triggered by the women's movement , this moral concept was gradually abandoned after the Second World War.
In the educated bourgeoisie post-war marriage, the three K “children, kitchen, chamber music ” often applied to the role of women . When one speaks of the three Ks after the year 2000 , one often means children, kitchen and career .
A play by Dario Fo and Franca Rame is called "Nur Kinder, Küche, Kirche" in German translation by Renate Hafner. (Original title: Tutta casa, letto e chiesa ).
literature
- Sylvia Paletschek : children, kitchen, church. In: Étienne François , Hagen Schulze (Ed.): German places of memory. Vol. 2. Beck, Munich 2001, ISBN 978-3406-59-142-6 , pp. 419-433 ( digitized version ).
- Renate Bridenthal: Beyond Children, Kitchen, Church - Weimar Women at Work . In: Central European History Vol. VI No. June 2, 1973. pp. 148-166.
Individual evidence
- ^ Jan Plamper : Research literature . Thank you thank you thank you. In: Die Zeit , July 24, 2008.
- ↑ published by Rotbuch, Berlin (West) 1989, ISBN 3-8802-2202-9 .