Switched At Birth 
TV Show
Drama
Romance
TV Show
Drama
Romance
Updated: 17 January 2025
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

This show includes a relationship between a teenager/high school-aged girl and an adult man. S4E4: a main character wakes up in bed with her ex-boyfriend and cannot remember what happened the night before. S4E5: this episode deals with the fall-out of the previous one. The main character wonders whether she has cheated on her long-distance boyfriend and cannot remember if she consented to sleep with her ex at all. She tries to piece together the events of the night before. From this point, the series features frequent discussions of rape and some instances of victim-blaming (some discussions are potentially very affirming and generally handled well, but others may be more difficult to watch). S5E9: this episode has a plotline where a character deals with childhood sexual abuse that was previously mentioned in the show. - A character goes to dinner to be surprised that a family member who sexually abused him is present (9:15-11:20). The character is visibly uncomfortable, particularly when the family member hugs the character. The character tells his girlfriend what happened. She wants to leave but he insists on staying for dinner to reconcile with his mom. - The family dinner continues, with the character continuing to look uncomfortable and not eating (12:20-13:00). The family member mentions wanting to attend the character's baseball game. There is a tense scene where the family member pulls at his tie and drinks wine. The character's mother praises the family member and reminds the character of specific times and locations that the abuse happened. - The character's girlfriend rants about the family dinner and tries to convince the character to tell his mother (16:30-18:30). At the end, the character smashes a lamp. - The character's girlfriend tells the character that his mother came to see her, realizing something was wrong (30:35-31:50). The girlfriend confronts the character about anger issues present through the series. - The character confronts his mother about the abuse (34:00-37:00:) The conversation starts immediately after disclosure and is very tense and emotional. At first she doesn't believe him and accuses him of remembering it wrong. The character's deafness and the language barrier between him and his mother leading to the abuse is a prominent theme of the conversation. - The character and his girlfriend have a follow-up conversation about his relationship with his mother after the disclosure (39:50-40:50).

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