We need to read about trauma – the perpetrators as well as the victims | Global | The Guardian

The Staunch prize, for a thriller - in which no woman is beaten, stalked, sexually exploited, raped or murdered - is about to announce its first shortlist. The new prize has attracted the anger invariably raised by public mention of violence against women. Writers object to the implication that someone is telling us what to write about; some men object to the implication that violence against men is less problematic. We all know that abused female bodies sell books.