I don't think he should be sacked. Managing Sunderland is punishment enough. However, as a woman, there are some things going on here that some posters might not see. The first this is this idea of "why didn't she say anything?" It's already an uphill battle being a woman in a male dominated field. She might have seen herself in a tenuous position if she complained. Perhaps she's seen the misogyny around her and realized maybe someone would think she was overreacting (just like a woman/she must be on her period/she can't take the big boy jokes/she's weak). Second, I ask why Moyes (and some posters) found it okay to say to a woman, but I've never heard him say it to a male reporter? Has he threatened to slap Oliver Kay? Has he warned Phil McNulty he should be careful the next time he comes in? Then we get the lovely "I have spoken to the girl" which reeks of patronizing. Yes, she's younger than he is, but would he refer to a younger male reporter as "the boy"? There is more than a whiff of misogyny going on here, and according to some reports, it's not the first time. (Hell, it's not even the first time for a manager. Laurent Blanc asked a female reporter if she knew what a 4-3-3 was, after she asked him about his shift from a 4-4-2.) Firing him won't change that.
