Kinder, Küche, Kirche, or the 3 Ks, is a German slogan translated as "children, kitchen, church" first used to describe a woman's role in society under the German Empire, and later used as Nazi propaganda during the Third Reich as a call for women to leave public life and the workforce and return to domestic duties. It now has a mostly derogatory connotation, describing what is seen as an antiquated female role model in contemporary Western society. The phrase is vaguely equivalent to the American "barefoot and pregnant", the British Victorian era "A woman's place is in the home" or the phrase "Good Wife, Wise Mother" from Meiji Japan.