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One English woman aged 45-54 years old, reported how "full-on" and "really abusive males" would swear at her, which made her stop knocking on doors to speak to people face-to-face.

The video of Premier League referee David Coote’s alleged expletive-laden insults about Liverpool and their former manager Jurgen Klopp carries ramifications far wider than abusive words used on shaky mobile phone footage.

It’s the kind of upside-down logic commonly found in abusive relationships, whenever the abuser is challenged.

“I will be your protector,” he says, one of the creepiest gaslighting lines that women in abusive relationships often hear.

It’s a message that has taken on greater significance this past year, as court documents revealed that Palmer was struggling to escape what she says was an abusive relationship with Darius Jackson, the father of her 20-month-old son.