An attempted sexual assault is portrayed in the Thai soap opera 'Mia Chum Pen' (‘Wife on Duty’). Photo: Twitter
An attempted sexual assault is portrayed in the Thai soap opera 'Mia Chum Pen' (‘Wife on Duty’). Photo: Twitter
Thailand

Is sexual assault on Thai TV finally not acceptable after Wife on Duty storm?

  • Despite years of complaints, Thai soap operas still show women being sexually harassed and physically abused, and have proved resistant to criticism
  • For campaigners, such on-screen themes reflect many of the embedded, pernicious social values holding back women in Thai society

An attempted sexual assault is portrayed in the Thai soap opera 'Mia Chum Pen' (‘Wife on Duty’). Photo: Twitter
An attempted sexual assault is portrayed in the Thai soap opera 'Mia Chum Pen' (‘Wife on Duty’). Photo: Twitter
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