Term breastfeeding, cultural norms and Mongolian wrestlers

Here is a lovely article on breastfeeding and breastfeeding culture in Mongolia. Living in Canada as I am, where I am decidedly in the minority to still be breastfeeding (and exclusively breastfeeding, I might add: our daughter eats no solids) my 15 month old, this article is a real boon. It's a struggle to remember, when surrounded by weaned toddlers and an older generation asking me "So, how long are you going to breastfeed, anyway?" that those in the west who enforce weaning and don't see breastfeeding and breastmilk as a birth-right and as an undeniably important part of childhood - and not just infancy - are actually in the global minority.