The Stand, Stephen King 
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Book
Adventure
Fantasy
Horror
Paranormal
Book
Adventure
Fantasy
Horror
Paranormal
Updated: 1 October 2020
No rape or sexual assault
Rape or sexual assault mentioned in passing (in discussion and/or implied)
Sexual harassment (e.g. verbal or non-consensual touching/grabbing)
Sexual relationship between adult and teenager
Child sexual abuse
Incest
Attempted rape
Rape strongly implied/details surrounding a rape discussed in detail (i.e. the events before/after)
Detailed/vivid description of rape

Description

This summary concerns the 1990 Uncut Version of the Book. Some of these scenes may or may not appear in the Original (1978) edition. In the backstory of a villain, it is told that he attempted to sexually assault a woman. A man approaches a male character and his female compantion, trying to purchase the woman. Later, these same men are in search of the woman, it is implied that if they were to find her, they would assault her. But they are unable to find her. When two groups of main characters meet up, a young man accuses an older one of wanting to "use" his female friend. Later on, the two men have a brief discussion about sexual assault. A male protagonist is seduced by, and has sex with a 17 year old. In a character's backstory, we learn he has been sexually assaulted in prison. The same character later mentions that he knows the result of war will be rape and murder, but he does not care. Later, he runs into a perverted young man, who forces him to give him a hand job, while sexually assaulting him with a pistol. After being stalked, the main group gets ambushed by men who are revealed to keep women as sexual slaves, it is heavily implied that some of them were children. After a fight, women are rescued and talk about their experiences, traumatised. The main villain meets up with a woman. They begin to consentually touch. However the woman changes her mind before the act, but he brutally sexually assaults her. It is shown that she is pregnant and deeply traumatised after.

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