--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: Her womb from her body. Separation. Her…" description: "\"“Her womb from her body. Separation. Her clitoris from her vulva. Cleaving. Desire from her body. We were told that bodies rising to heaven lose their ..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2a/susan-griffin-8475_ecofeminism_her-womb-from-her-body-separation-her-cl_2532904.png" --- # Her womb from her body. Separation. Her clitoris from her… ![“Her womb from her body. Separation. Her clitoris from her vulva. Cleaving. Desire from her body. We were told that bodies rising to heaven lose their vulvas, their ovaries, wombs, that her body in resurrection becomes a male body. The Divine Image from woman, severing, immortality from the garden…” quote by Susan Griffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2a/susan-griffin-8475_ecofeminism_her-womb-from-her-body-separation-her-cl_2532904.png) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2a/susan-griffin-8475_ecofeminism_her-womb-from-her-body-separation-her-cl_2532904.png) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2a/susan-griffin-8475_ecofeminism_her-womb-from-her-body-separation-her-cl_2532904.png) > ““Her womb from her body. Separation. Her clitoris from her vulva. Cleaving. Desire from her body. We were told that bodies rising to heaven lose their vulvas, their ovaries, wombs, that her body in resurrection becomes a male body. The Divine Image from woman, severing, immortality from the garden, exile, the golden calf split, birth, sorrow, suffering. We were told that the blood of a woman after childbirth conveys uncleanness. That if a woman's uterus is detached and falls to the ground, that she is unclean. Her body from the sacred. Spirit from flesh. We were told that if a woman has an issue and that issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be impure for seven days. The impure from the pure. The defiled from the holy. And whoever touches her, we heard, was also impure. Spirit from matter. And we were told that if our garments are stained we are unclean back to the time we can remember seeing our garments unstained, that we must rub seven substances over these stains, and immerse our soiled garments. Separation. The clean from the unclean. The decaying, the putrid, the polluted, the fetid, the eroded, waste, defecation, from the unchanging. The changing from the sacred. We heard it spoken that if a grave is plowed up in a field so that the bones of the dead are lost in the soil of the field, this soil conveys uncleanness. That if a member is severed from a corpse, this too conveys uncleanness, even an olive pit's bulk of flesh. That if marrow is left in a bone there is uncleanness. And of the place where we gathered to weep near the graveyard, we heard that planting and sowing were forbidden since our grieving may have tempted unclean flesh to the soil. And we learned that the dead body must be separated from the city. Death from the city. Wilderness from the city. Wildness from the city. The Cemetery. The Garden. The Zoological Garden. We were told that a wolf circled the walls of the city. That he ate little children. That he ate women. That he lured us away from the city with his tricks. That he was a seducer and he feasted on the flesh of the foolish, and the blood of the errant and sinful stained the snow under his jaws. The errant from the city. The ghetto. The ghetto of Jews. The ghetto of Moors. The quarter of prostitutes. The ghetto of blacks. The neighborhood of lesbians. The prison. The witch house. The underworld. The underground. The sewer. Space Divided. The inch. The foot. The mile. The boundary. The border. The nation. The promised land. The chosen ones.”” [Susan Griffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-griffin/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. The passage critiques how religious and cultural narratives label women's bodies and natural processes as impure, separating the sacred from the feminine and imposing purity rituals. **In simple terms:** Women’s bodies are portrayed as dirty and separate from the holy. Key Takeaway Question and reject purity myths that devalue women. Themes gender religion purity body politics oppression Mood defiant critical reflective Type philosophical social commentary When to use this quote - Religious rites - medical practices - legal codes - cultural traditions - personal identity Key Concepts Patriarchal theology ritual impurity symbolic separation Questions to Reflect On - How do these purity rules affect women's self‑esteem? - What alternative narratives can restore dignity? 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