The Power (TV) 
TV Show
Drama
Fantasy
TV Show
Drama
Fantasy
Updated: 14 May 2023
No rape or sexual assault
Rape or sexual assault mentioned, discussed, implied
Sexual harassment e.g non-consensual grabbing, touching, cat-calling)
Sexual relationship between adult and teenager
Child sex abuse
Incest
Attempted rape
Rape off-screen or strongly implied
Rape on-screen

Description

The whole show revolves around legislating women's bodies. Throughout season 1, the wife of a dictator clearly fears her husband. S1E1: a single is made comparing someone sweating to being like a rapist. A foster dad wipes ice cream off his foster daughters leg: it is focused on in a way that seems creepy. He attempts to rape her and it is implied that he has successfully raped her before, and probably other people as well. The rape attempt is shown, but the girl is able to fight back. Her foster mothers knows this is happening and just turns up the radio to drown it out. S1E2: there is a flashback of the attempted rape. A male politician tells a female politician to "not get her panties in a bunch". S1E3: sexual violence against women is mentioned. S1E4: a new act is mentioned where a 26 year old performs an unwanted sex act on a teen girl. S1E5: sex trafficking (including children) is featured. A gymnastic coach slaps a gymnast's bottom. A government official then asks her out. Her father tells her to accept so she can get to the Olympics. S1E6: a teenage couple makes out in a car, when the man says "stop" repeatedly and eventually has to use physical force to get the woman to stop. Neither party seems to feel they were really assaulted, but they do have a good conversation afterwards to explain their feelings. This episode also features triggering incel messages, though only violence is mentioned, not specifically rape by the leading incel character. S1E7: thie episode mentions human trafficking, and shows an awkward kiss between two women with a huge power imbalance. The one who initiated it does it without asking, and has the power. The woman receiving the kiss looks very uncomfortable. It also features PTSD flashbacks of an attempted rape. At some point, a girl talks about nude pictures of her being shown around school. A woman recalls her uncle sexually assaulting her. S1E8: there is a mention of past sexual assault and derogatory talk towards sex workers. This episode also features a non consensual outing of an intersex person. S1E9: a woman is given the power against her will. Sexual threats against women who run for office are mentioned: it also talks about hundreds of sexyal assault threats per day to Hilary Clinton. A conversation about concentration camp is mentioned for an intersex teen who has the power. Rape against women is mentioned being down: it is mentioned that no rapes or murders against trans women and women of color have been reported.

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