Male rape on Coronation Street

I saw the episode in question. Nothing visually offensive but it was all very strongly implied and understood by those of us who are aware of the area being highlighted. What concerns me is the obvious subsequent questions which will come from children once we get into the nitty gritty of this plot. Mmmmmm.

Used to love the humour in Corrie. Now they are trying to keep up with Eastenders which I have never watched. Stopped watching it a while ago when the Phelan character came in.

Due to snow I have watched some daytime TV and chanced upon ancient Coronation Street episodes. What a difference to the awful, shocking scripts with ridiculous and dramatic endings for every episode that happen now. Like LesleyC I saw the first black and white episode with my Mum back in 1960 and have watched on and off ever since, but I turned it off recently when Sinead was having a pointless gormless conversation that went on and on until I thought I might scream. Pity; there are some fine actors and it used to rely upon the humour of everyday life. Now we have burning buildings, bodies down drains or in factory floors, female cast members who have married every man in the cast (often twice) and....oh, it's just too much even thinking about it. How unlucky are the Platts? I would have a mass family suicide pact and end everyone's misery.

I always used to think Casualty wasn't suitable viewing for my 4 year old granddaughter (now 20) but I loved Emergency Ward 10 at that age although I'm sure the storylines weren't quite so graphic. C St is no different to any of the other soaps and does still have some comic moments in it. The male rape scene wasn't shown just implied and was on the later episode. How they deal with the aftermath is yet to be seen. The violence does seem to have escalated in recent times though but it's in so many programs these days - even in cartoons. My son and DIL wouldn't allow our grandsons to watch Batman or Spiderman while they were here as they then tried to emulate the fights. Younger children shouldn't be allowed to watch anything like that - with Catch Up there's no excuse anyway - if you miss something you can always watch it later when they're in bed.

I think there is enough violence in the world without seeing it in a soap, which is supposed to be for entertainment. I stopped watching Coronation Street and all other soaps when they ceased to entertain me.

I don't think I have ever seen any bed swapping scenes in Corrie. In fact its very rare to see anyone in bed at all. Could be that they spend too much time in the Rovers.

I watched the very first episode of Corrie with my mum and more or less ever since. However, I stopped watching before Christmas because of the ridiculous or violent story lines. The humour seemed to have stopped and it was just bed swapping between the characters. It certainly isn't suitable for children who may see it at 7.30 because their mums are watching.

I just find some of the story lines too dark now. I used to love Corrie when it had funny characters like Blanche and Hilda. I think they now try to win awards and they think they need sensationalism.
I hate all the kissing whether it be gay or straight couples. All the noises they make .... yuk.
I think parents should be in control though as I think children grow up so quickly.

Never mind about children -- I DON'T want to watch these storylines -- implied or otherwise -- bad things happen all over the world -- when I wish to know anything further about a particular issue, I access the news via internet/television -- whereas when I watch the soaps, I want to be entertained/relax.

With everyone recording programmes and seeing when they chose a watershed is pointless, however I agree a family type programme should be careful, but what about the news? My grandson only watches YouTube or children’s programmes or films he is aged 6. We don’t watch any other television when he is there nor do his parents.

Watched it for thirty years wouldn't watch it again not the same for me anymore deepressing and daft storylines .

In my opinion, a child, young enough for whom the issue would be inappropriate, would not have known what was implied, was to happen next. I saw nothing wrong with that being depicted at 8.30 (it was not the 7.30 edition).

There is no watershed any more. Maybe there's supposed to be but I see no sign of it. All the soaps have become dens of murder, sex, violence etc. I remember the time Emmerdale was Emmerdale Farm and Annie Sugden was sitting in front of her fire talking about the sheep !

It is definitely up to parents to ensure their children aren't exposed to anything that they think is unsuitable.

Some of the stories in the soaps are very well done, and draw attention to many important issues - but often this includes too much information for younger viewers.

I gave up watching soaps ten years ago. Did I miss them....NO. The story lines were horrendous....All trying to outdo each other. Oh and agree about the 9 o'clock watershed....It should be reinstated.

I don’t watch any soaps, but is the implication of male rape really any worse than the Six O’clock News with its daily diet of detailed reports of historic sex abuse, vile atrocities in Syria and elsewhere, the Kremlin stockpiling nerve agents, the fallout from natural disasters, corrupt politicians etc?

Stopped watching Corrie about 5 years ago when I could see it was turning into a northern Eastenders which Iv never followed.
Pity really I grew up with it and all it’s lovely people
Hilda / Annie to name but a few

I don 't think it overstepped the mark at all. It was all quite innocuous. And well publicised in advance, so parents could prevent children from watching it.

I think the script writers are panicking to find something for when the Phelan story line ends ( the sooner the better) . I’m sure I could do better.

I don't watch it now and agree with trisher's post.

Yes Jane10 is right. I was all just implied , you didn’t see anything except David flopped on the bed looking very drunk (although he was supposedly drugged) . I don’t think they broke any watershed rules and I’ve seen much worse.

I have never watched this programme, but wholeheartedly agree that male rape is not appropriate at a time when children can be watching. Is the watershed legally enforceable?

I used to watch Corrie. It was sometimes funny and presented a view of working class England with its roots in history. I stopped some time ago when it began jumping on the soap bandwagon of disasters and current issues, the more controversial the better. This sounds like another step along the way. It shows the lack of talented writers who have to have some "issue" to build their script around. Bring back the discussions, family arguments and marriage conflicts that went on forever and grew more and more funny.

As Jane says, it was implied. We didn’t see any rape so I don’t think that scene contravened any watershed ‘rules’. Corrie and Eastenders have addressed various “issues” over the years. I don’t think these soaps are suitable viewing for younger children anyway so I’m not too sure what the issue is. Sadly this is something that happens and we will no doubt see how the producers deal with it.

I often wonder what has happened to the watershed.
I wouldn't allow a young child to watch something I felt was 'too much'.

Me too. It was one of my resolutions not to watch it and I haven't watched this year and have no inclination to. I did watch one or tho of the classic ones and found them much more acceptable.I don't think the writers have any thought about children watching it. Shame on them!