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Dec 5, 2019 · In fact, the renewed public attention didn’t hurt sales of the song when some radio stations banned “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” in 2018, and the controversy may have helped it.
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Dec 18, 2017 · Baby, It's Cold Outside has a lovely melody but it's an ode to statutory rape. A man is trying to convince a younger woman to stay at his place rather than go home to her parents.
Dec 5, 2018 · Penned by "Guys and Dolls" writer Frank Loesser in 1944, the song's lyrics describe a woman trying extricate herself from a date and saying "no, no, no," while a man insists that she stays as he ...
Dec 6, 2018 · The 1944 Christmas tune "Baby, It's Cold Outside" has been banned by radio stations for lyrics that some say are inappropriate in the wake of #MeToo.
Dec 5, 2019 · But not all of the classic tunes elicit feelings of holiday cheer — and in recent years, one in particular has become the subject of controversy: “Baby, It’s Cold Outside.”
Dec 11, 2020 · The “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” controversy really took off in 2007, thanks to the emergence of social media sites like Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr, which revolutionized content...
Dec 6, 2018 · A feminist defense of the lyrics points out that when they were written a woman with a good reputation had to protest a man's advances, even if she actually welcomed them,...
