I would say the correct answer is - she thinks that Higgins deserved it. Here is a quote from the text to prove it: <em>"And then you were surprised because she threw your slippers at you! I should have thrown the fire-irons at you." </em>You can see here that she wasn't mad or surprised she did it - it was to be expected.
In the media they showed sport personalities such as footballers as a negative way and only showing this way, and this can influence people who are fans of the players or the team and they will follow them in their footsteps that can lead to others acting to ppl in a negative way
