Domestic violence experts say more middle-aged, older women are fleeing relationships

Angie Jordan is a survivor in every sense of the word.

The 60-year-old was subjected to 40 years of controlling, abusive and manipulative behaviour at the hands of a man who described her as “the love of his life”.

“I was always being questioned about whether I had been out having sex with other men because I may be three minutes late home from the supermarket,” Ms Jordan said.

Experts describe coercive control as a pattern of behaviour that can include physical, sexual, psychological, emotional or financial abuse.

Ms Jordan, who lived on the Sunshine Coast when the abuse occurred, said her appearance and clothes were constantly monitored, and she was even weighed regularly.

“The…