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Coronation Street is to tackle the issue of non-consensual sex with a storyline involving the characters of Amy (Elle Mulvaney) and Aaron (James Craven) next month.
In an episode that will air on Friday 3rd March viewers will see a drunk Amy and Aaron kiss whilst back at the flat they share after his row with girlfriend Summer (Harriet Bibby). They will then move into the bedroom where Amy starts to undress before admitting she feels sick and rolling away from him. Aaron continues to kiss Amy who is unaware of what happens next as he makes the decision for her that they will have sex. It won't until the next day that a horrified Amy discovers how far things went the night before.
As Amy struggles with her emotions, coming to the realisation that she wasn't able to consent to sex and was raped, Aaron tries to convince her that they both wanted it to happen and he did nothing wrong.
With family and friends and then the police becoming involved, we see the different reactions and understandings of non-consensual sexual activity as both teens battle with what happened that night.
It is hoped the storyline will open up conversations between families and friends about the issues surrounding sexual activity amongst young people, including consent, awareness, respect and education.
Coronation Street researchers have worked alongside The Schools Consent Project, a charity established in early 2015 which sends legally trained volunteers into schools to deliver workshops on the legal definition of sexual consent and key sexual offences.
Glenda Young
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Oh no! Not another rape story . Non-consensual sex is an important issue, but why now? And why lovely Amy, one of the best characters?
ReplyDeleteCan't we have some lighter storylines in Corrie. It is getting quite depressing to watch. Drugs, stalking, rape, it doesn't end. There doesn't always have to be issue-based storylines.
ReplyDeleteJeanie (anon): No....please, we just finished with the misery, moaning and bad acting that was Summer and Aaron. Please don't inflict another unlikely pain-filled, issue-oriented story line on us! Especially not Amy who is so competent and together. Why can't we just have some story lines about her at uni--her friends, classes, maybe an intern project or co-op or something. Not another effing sexual trauma. It's been done recently with David, not to mention twice with Carla, and the stalking of Daisy...who needs it again? And I hate to think of that poor actor who plays Amy teamed up with Aaron. He is the worst actor Corrie has had in a while-his stilted wooden delivery makes all the characters he's interacting with look bad too (like Summer).The only thing worse than inflicting sexual trauma on this capable young woman is inflicting god awful boring sexual trauma on her from the worst actor on the set. No one will even be able to take it seriously, it will all seem so fake.
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