Michelle Huntington

But she actually told me that women couldn't be pilots because we were built anatomically different to men, which is like, yeah, duh.

But she said the reason why is that

female pilots, their guts would fall out.

And so they'd have to wear tampons every time they flew.

Oh my God.

I know, ridiculous.

And yeah, it just doesn't make sense in any way.

And I was quite a smart, like...

You know, girl, I wasn't silly in any way, but I just was kind of in shock, I suppose, and just took that answer as, oh, okay.

And she suggested that because I was good at drawing and art to follow that as a career path.

And I did.

I did for quite some time.

So it was only the fact that I met somebody, a female who was studying to become a pilot years later, that it was kind of like, oh, it is possible.

And her guts hadn't fallen out.

No, I know.

I know.

It's embarrassing actually, because it's like, no, I wasn't, I wasn't silly.

And my kids have read my book and, and they say, mom, like, seriously, you didn't question that.

And, and,

I, you know, I have berated myself since, but it was just that thing of an elder, you know, you brought up to respect your elders and to be a good girl and to comply.