So, the term «extended breastfeeding» assumes that the specific cultural and material conditions that middle - and
upper -
class contemporary Westerners experience — widespread misunderstanding and stigma surrounding women's breasts and children's biology; widespread
availability of commercial formula; clean water to prepare it with; the time and space to wash, sterilize, and store bottles, and so forth — are «normal,» while literally everything that has ever existed outside of this limited cultural experience and relatively short, unique period in time is somehow abnormal.