Peterborough Woman Posts Powerful Video On Sexual Assault That Will Change Lives
/[UPDATE: Huffington Post Canada picks up our story.]
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Peterborough's Kryslyn Antsey has posted one of the more powerful videos on sexual assault and abuse awareness you'll ever watch.
In the video—which you can watch below—the 18-year-old talks about being a victim of sexual assault, and how it's impacted her. "It was terrible, horrible," she says of the ordeal in the video. She sends a strong message to everyone in the video that your body is your body, and no one else has to right to tell you what to do with it.
To victims of sexual abuse/assault, she says: "It's not your fault... the piece of shit that is pushing themselves on you... it's their fault."
screengrab from video
"When I made the video I was nervous," Kryslyn tells PTBOCanada in an interview. "Nervous because I had no idea how people were going to react—and if I had even gotten the right message across. I had never really had intentions of posting it but after talking to a close friend, she said it was definitely worth sharing. The response has been amazing."
Photo courtesy Kryslyn
Indeed, Kryslyn tells PTBOCanada her video is already making a difference in people's lives, empowering them and giving them a voice: "I've heard from victims who have felt safe enough to open up to me and talk, and it's such an amazing thing to see how strong these individuals are. I want the topic of sexual abuse to not be skirted around anymore—I'm tired of feeling pitied when talking about it. Only close friends and family knew—other then that it was a surprise to many."
Photo courtesy Kryslyn
