Riverdale 
TV Show
Crime
Drama
Mystery
TV Show
Crime
Drama
Mystery
Updated: October 27, 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

A teenage character has a sexual relationship with his adult teacher. He insists that she cares about him but other characters point out that the relationship is unhealthy and later episodes show that she is a serial statutory rapist. S2E5: A teenage boy forcibly kisses a woman, who pushes him away. Later in the episode, he drugs another character and attempts to rape her, but is stopped just before he is able to do so. The victim faces scrutiny for bringing this to light but ops to press charges regardless. Another character is unnerved to realise that she went drinking and partying with him dozens of times and it's implied that he may have done something similar to her, or at least tried to. Two characters who are distant cousins unknowingly commit incest, even conceiving a child together. One side of the family thinks they're far enough apart genetically that it's not a big deal, but the other side is completely disgusted. One character's father tries to force her to have an abortion without her consent, and it's revealed that he also forced his wife to give up a child for adoption. One subplot addresses a cyber sexual harasser in the school. The character is punished but eventually returns. In one scene, a character punches a man in order to reject his aggressive sexual advances. S2E19: the teenage character kidnaps one of the main characters, blackmails his girlfriend into meeting up with him at a hotel for sex. However he does not succeeed because the girl roofies him before anything can happen. S4E2: a boy makes a prison rape joke. S4E10: during a meeting, a teen girl reveals that her uncle molested her as a child. She tells her mother, who does not believe her. A male teen tells a story of his father forcing him to be with a sex worker. S4E12: a main female character recounts the time a boy tried to rape her. Her girlfriend talks about how something similar happened to her, too. The boy is later drugged and filmed being tickled. In the same episode, it is revealed that a different boy has been filming teen couples having sex without their consent. Season 5 deals with a serial murderer, who is also possibly a rapist. S5E10: a main character makes a pass at his friend while high. S6E2 mentions an older teacher having inappropriate relations with male students. S6E6: a male character asks a main female character if her current boyfriend "satisfies" her like he once did. He says "you know you want it" and makes two physical advances on her. She pushes and then punches him away, and then he calls her crazy for doing so. S6E13: he statutory rapist is brought up again.

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