The founding of Rome, Italy is based on the legend of Romulus and Remus who were raised by a wolf. Supposedly, Rome was the site of where the she-wolf nursed the twins. Quizno's is an Italian sub franchise. The legend is fascinating and includes such events as the "Rape of the Sabine women." Basically, what I call a legend that has misogynist themes. Ironically or not so ironically the NIH has a research program on mammary gland biology that uses a picture of Romulus and Remus nursing the she-wolf. The first time I went to the website this picture was very prominently displayed as well as their theme song, "Lady Madonna," a Beatle's song. I made comments to that on another list and it wasn't long after that that the website was dramatically changed but their symbol still is there. I am not sure that my comments are what caused the changes--it might be that an administrator saw it and realized how unprofessional it came across. Romulus and Remus are all that are left of someone's creativity. Rather important that we understand why Romulus and Remus is featured at a US government mammary gland website. My assumption is that the US government has an investment in making infant milks not in women breastfeeding. The legend of Romulus and Remus is about war, rape, and infants fed by a she-wolf. How telling that this is what scientists in the mammary gland biology department of the NIH use as a symbol for their research. If you go to the site you will realize that this science is about genetic engineering--genes involved in making human proteins. So do you wish to believe that the US government is investing in breastfeeding or might one conclude that most research dollars are going into creating the modern day "she-wolf." Valerie W. McClain, IBCLC to see the she wolf nursing Romulus and Remus http://mammary.nih.gov/ Click on "about us" then look for symbol on far left of screen when scrolling down *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html