Call the Midwife 
TV Show
Drama
Historical
TV Show
Drama
Historical
Updated: 3 March 2024
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 series features child and adult prostitutes throughout. S2E5: a locally known actor gropes and tries to kiss a nurse while on a date. She pushes him away and escapes. The scene is brief and it is acknowledged that what he did was wrong. Their date was a quid pro quo, in which it was implied that if the nurse refused, the actor would not appear as a judge in a contest for the fair (he backs out of the agreement as a result). S5E6: multiple women are grabbed from behind and brutalized (faces beaten and bitten on the neck.). It is not clear if the first two survivors were raped, but is confirmed the third was not. S6E1: a heavily pregnant women is sexually assaulted by her husband, who then tells her he will be going to a prostitute because they can "give it to him better" with less fuss. S6E9: a woman recounts being raped weekly by her father until she was 15, when she became pregnant and was subsequently kicked out of the house. Her mother was beaten by her husband and knew of the sexual abuse of her daughter, but did not intervene. The said woman was later pressured to rekindle her relationship with her mother by a titular character. S7 Christmas Special: it is implied that one patient used to be sexually abused as a child by a family member. S7E4: a 15 year-old girl is forced to marry an adult man who forces her to have sex and gets pregnant. S8E4: catcalling . S8E5: a male doctor forces a young woman's legs open for an exam without asking or even acknowledging her. He then inserts his fingers into her with no warning while she cries. All this happens while a half dozen male medical students look on and comment. She later describes it as "horrible". S9E1: a woman has scars on her back which were left from when her ex-husband beat her with his belt. S9E7: a husband physically intimidates his wife in a hospital ward, demanding she come home when she is not well. It is implied he abuses her. S10E7: a woman is threatened sexually by her landlord. S11E7: this episode is about a 15 year old mother. The fathers are old enough to drive, but do not seem to be adults. S12E3: a woman confesses to a nun that her husband rapes her. The beginning of a rape is depicting on-screen about 21 minutes into the episode: he pins her down after she said no and tells her "I'm not asking your permission". She starts to fight him and the camera panns to their daughter, who is outside their bedroom door listening as the husband rapes her. S13E7: previous abuse and beating by a husband is mentioned (35:15).

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