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Nine out of ten bestselling novels in UK have one thing in common: a woman is murdered (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] tal@lemmy.today 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Critics argue that repeatedly turning women into victims risks normalising violence against them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homicide_statistics_by_gender

At a global level, men represent both the majority of victims and the majority of perpetrators of homicide. According to the 2023 UNODC Global Study on Homicide, in 2021, at a global level, 81% of homicide victims were men.[1] In 2021, males accounted for most homicide victims in all jurisdictions except in Austria, the Czech Republic, Iceland, Latvia, Norway, Slovenia and Switzerland, where females were slightly more likely to be homicide victims.[2]

I wouldn't be too concerned. Murder mysteries have been around for quite a while.