In her time with the Metropolitan Police, Detective Inspector Carol Bristow has seen many women who have been raped, battered and murdered and has dealt with countless others who have been attacked just because they are women. It seems that some men at least are misogynists. Everyman unravels a cultural detective story to discover the background to this hatred of women. Clues come from surprising quarters: the Church, the National Gallery, a local newsagent. DI Bristow investigates the web of images and attitudes which lie deep in the minds of even the newest of new men.