[PW] ? Barefoot and pregnant

[Katherine Noftz Nagel]

Bye, Dan J wrote:
>  
> Van Dalsem's quote is quite specific: "we get her pregnant and keep her barefoot".   
> 
> I think that's just a riff on an older version of the phrase along the lines of "pregnant, barefoot and in the kitchen" or "pregnant and barefoot and in the kitchen" or something like that (not always mentioning the kitchen, and not always pregnant and barefoot in that order).  Google Books suggests some printed examples that it dates to the 1950s that you could follow up (bearing in mind Google Books isn't always completely accurate).

I'd look for the source in translations of, or journalistic 
comments on, pre-World War II Nazi propaganda.  The German 
phrase "Kinder, Kuche, Kirche" was a mantra for many in that 
era, and I suspect our "barefoot and pregnant," if it didn't 
evolve from earlier, home-grown philosophy, might have been 
derived from that.

K@
Kat Nagel
MasterWork Consulting