Stuart Baxter has apologised for the offensive rape analogy that cost him his job but insists he was taken "out of context".
The veteran manager, who was once on Dundee United 's books as a player, was fired by Odisha FC after shocking comments in a post-match press conference.
Baxter claimed his players would have to be "raped" to get a penalty following a defeat to Jamshedpur.
The 67-year-old was dismissed from his post for the comments, and while he has apologised the coach insists that the context had been stripped from his words.
Baxter, previously linked with the Scotland job, said: "I must be clear that I distance myself from any sympathetic position on gender-based crimes and violence.
"My comments, though wholly inappropriate and misplaced, were also out of context.
"People that know me are aware that this does not reflect any of my views as a father, grandfather, a citizen and husband.
"There’s never been any sort of suspicion that I am not wholly against violence towards females. It would be cowardly, I think it is despicable and I have always made my views known.
"This is not who I am, and anybody that knows me knows that.
"When you lose a job, that’s a job. But what people think of you is important to me. The biggest pain I am feeling now is that I have not spoken in a way that reflects how I feel, and therefore people are questioning me. That hurts - more than losing my job."
Baxter has managed in Japan, Sweden, Portugal, Norway and Turkey and has also been in charge of the England Under 19s team.
