{"id":299275,"date":"2023-12-07T02:23:58","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T02:23:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=299275"},"modified":"2023-12-07T02:23:58","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T02:23:58","slug":"joey-barton-shares-a-series-of-sexist-posts-on-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/soccer\/joey-barton-shares-a-series-of-sexist-posts-on-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Joey Barton shares a series of sexist posts on social media"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Joey Barton shares a series of sexist posts on social media as he claims women &#8216;shouldn&#8217;t be talking about the men&#8217;s game&#8217; and that men who listen to them &#8216;need their heads testing&#8217;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Amazon Prime&#8217;s coverage of the Premier League featured many female pundits\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Joey Barton shared a series of misogynistic posts on his social media platform<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>This HAS to be the time when players show respect and control. Only the captain should approach referees &#8211; Listen to It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Joey Barton launched a misogynistic rant on social media on Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n<p>The hugely controversial Barton &#8211; who is currently unemployed after being sacked by Bristol Rovers in October &#8211; seemingly took offence to the number of female presenters and commentators on Amazon Prime&#8217;s coverage of the Premier League this week.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the highly-experienced broadcasters who were working included the likes of Eni Aluko, Siobhan Chamberlain, Gabby Logan and Robyn Cowen.<\/p>\n<p>However, Barton, took to X, formerly Twitter, in an astonishing set of posts.<\/p>\n<p>Barton first said:\u00a0&#8216;Women shouldn\u2019t be talking with any kind of authority in the men\u2019s game. Come on. Let\u2019s be serious.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/07\/00\/78670717-0-image-a-25_1701910729198.jpg\" height=\"646\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Joey Barton shared a series of misogynistic posts on social media on Wednesday evening<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/07\/00\/78670727-0-image-a-26_1701910752977.jpg\" height=\"381\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/07\/00\/78670723-0-image-a-27_1701910755262.jpg\" height=\"191\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>In two separate posts he hit out at both women commentators and pundits across football<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It\u2019s a completely different game. If you don\u2019t accept that. We will always see things differently.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The women\u2019s game is thriving. Fantastic to see. I cannot take a thing they say serious in the men\u2019s arena #namaste.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Just seven minutes later, he then added: &#8216;Any man who listens to Women commentary or co-comms needs their heads testing\u2026 #sticktoyourowngame.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Barton&#8217;s posts come after he had previously thrown his support behind the #HERGAMETOO initiative.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/07\/00\/78670709-0-image-a-28_1701910785806.jpg\" height=\"1128\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Barton has previously thrown his support behind the #HERGAMETOO initiative &#8211; which aims to fight against sexism in sport<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>This is a campaign which aims to fight against sexism in sport, with Barton posing with a promotional card for the cause when he was Bristol Rovers manager.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Back in October, he also generated controversy after sharing his apparent backing for former Newcastle and England manager Kevin Keegan&#8217;s comments that he doesn&#8217;t enjoy female footballers talking about men&#8217;s football.<\/p>\n<p>At a live event in Bristol, Keegan had said: &#8216;(I don&#8217;t like) listening to ladies talking about the England men\u2019s team at the match because I don\u2019t think it\u2019s the same experience. I have a problem with that.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>In response to that, Barton had posted on X: &#8216;Kevin Keegan. Ballon D&#8217;or winner 1978. England manager. He&#8217;s bang on.&#8217;<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12835285\/Joey-Barton-sexist-posts-social-media-women-mens-game.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joey Barton shares a series of sexist posts on social media as he claims women &#8216;shouldn&#8217;t be talking about the men&#8217;s game&#8217; and that men who listen to them &#8216;need their heads testing&#8217; Amazon Prime&#8217;s coverage of the Premier League featured many female pundits\u00a0 Joey Barton shared a series of misogynistic posts on his social&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":299274,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Joey Barton shares a series of sexist posts on social media - Tell My Sport<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/soccer\/joey-barton-shares-a-series-of-sexist-posts-on-social-media\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Joey Barton shares a series of sexist posts on social media - Tell My Sport\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Joey Barton shares a series of sexist posts on social media as he claims women &#8216;shouldn&#8217;t be talking about the men&#8217;s game&#8217; 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