Here's a little history behind the 3 K's:

Kinder, Küche, Kirche, or the 3 K’s, is a German slogan translated “children, kitchen, church”(sometimes the words are in a different order). In present-day Germany, it has a derogative connotation describing an antiquated female role model. The phrase is vaguely equivalent to the English Barefoot and pregnant.

The expression was allegedly used by Kaiser Wilhelm II, describing women’s role in society in the 19th century. Although the phrase predates the Nazi-era it was most infamously used in 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 the stress on "Kinder" and "Küche" in propaganda, and the bestowing of the 'Cross of Honour of the German Mother' on women bearing four or more babies. This award was instituted on December 16, 1938 as part of Hitler's initiative to encourage Aryan Population Growth, and so only women with pure Aryan families could achieve such awards. Women from absorbed Germanic countries (such as Austria and Danzig) were also eligible. A mother could be awarded a bronze, silver, or gold cross depending on the number of children she had produced. Eight would entitle the woman to a gold cross, six for silver, and four for bronze. The crosses were awarded annually on August 12(Hitler's Mother's birthday), and the second Sunday in May (Mothering Sunday), hence the first of these were not awarded until 1939. Mothers who received a cross were to be saluted in the streets by the Hitler Youth upon parades, for service to Germany.

When Hitler came to power in 1933, he introduced a Law for the Encouragement of Marriage, which entitled newly married couples to a loan of 1000 marks (around 9 months average wages at that time). On their first child, they could keep 250 marks. On their second, they could keep another 250. They reclaimed all of the loan by their fourth child.
During this period, women in employment were discriminated against and forced out or bribed with numerous social benefits. Medicine, the law and civil service were occupations reserved for men alone. Eventually, women were put back in the factories because of the growing losses in the armed forces and the desperate lack of equipment on the front lines.

I've tried to incorporate this information into the picture. Firstly, there are the foetuses and the female reproductive system, these represent a woman's job to pop out children. The exposed parts of her insides (like her heart and collar bone) are to represent a broken woman. The flowers, doves and hourglass figure are meant to represent superficial beauty; she has no real role in life or society, she's empty inside. Lastly there is the Cross of Honour of the German Mother, or the 'Ehrenkreuz der Deutschen Mutter, the award given to women with the most children.

Okay, so I'm not very good at analysing my art XD. I hope you get the picture from that drabble : /. I'm so glad I finally got this finished. I actually finished editting this in PS last night, but I woke up this morning to touch it up a bit and it said the file was corrupt; so I had to start all over again >.<.



Time | About 3-4 weeks on and off
Materials | Fineliners, pencil, coloured pencils. Scanned then touched up in PS.
Credits | Art ~vomitkandi
Stripey Background ~Enchantedgal-Stock
Floral Pattern ~da-mara



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