Stranger Things 
TV Show
Drama
Fantasy
Horror
Mystery
Sci-fi
Thriller
Survival and Horror
TV Show
Drama
Fantasy
Horror
Mystery
Sci-fi
Thriller
Survival and Horror
Updated: 5 June 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

S1E1: during a secret study date in her bedroom, a girl's boyfriend initiates intimacy. She is into it but hesitates because her parents are home. She says 'no' because she does not want "to be a notch on his bedpost": he apologises and backs off. They go back to studying. S1E2: a character is photographed without her knowledge while undressing in her boyfriend's house. A significant part of the scenes in this episode show a girl's hesitation lessening and becoming more comfortable with her boyfriend. It culminates in her getting his attention to have him turn around to watch her undress: she eventually initiates and consents to sex. S4E3: two teenagers kiss on a bed and we hear the girl teenager's inner thoughts which say "Can i say no? I can't say no. He'll leave me" (35:34). We do not see any more of this encounter. Worthy of note: S1E3: sexual scenes are spliced with scenes of a girl trying to escape a monster, crying for help (00:36-01:55). S2E9, a teenage boy implies that another teenage boy has a sexual interest in the first boy's sister, who is in her early teens. This is untrue and it is unclear whether he really believes what he is saying or whether he is saying it in order to be provocative. In the same episode, the same teenage boy who made this accusation has an overtly flirtatious encounter with an adult woman. S3E1: several middle-aged women at a public pool takes sexual pleasure in watching a teenage boy lifeguard take his shirt off. The boy makes sexual advances toward one of them who clearly expresses attraction to him and later show up at his home: they flirt and plan to meet up for a sexual encounter but do not go through with it. S3E2: the end of the episode involves a scene where a possessed character kidnaps a girl and takes her to a secluded location in order to feed her to a monster (no sexual assault). She is tied up with tape over her mouth and held to the ground. Her attacker tells her not to be afraid, and that she should stay very still. While not directly related to sexual violence, season 4 may be distressing to survivors of sexual violence because of the way it handles trauma. Trauma is an overarching theme, and multiple characters experience vivid flashbacks of past traumas and exhibit other symptoms of PTSD (anxiety, hypervigilance, flashbacks, etc). There is also a creature (a villain) who preys on people (mostly children) who have experienced traumatic events. This is a main plot line throughout the season, and is exhibited to varying extents in every episode.


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