If a multinational company developed a productthat was nutritionally balanced and deliciousfood, a wonder drug that both prevented andtreated disease, cost almost nothing to produceand could be delivered in quantities controlledby consumers needs, the announcement of thisfind would send its shares rocketing to the topof the stock market. The scientist whodeveloped the product would win prizes andthe wealth and influence of everyoneinvolved would increasedramatically.Women havebeen producing such amiraculous substance,breastmilk, since thebeginning of humanexistence, yet they form theleast wealthy and the leastpowerful half of humanity.

Gabrielle PalmerPolitics of Breastfeeding