The song “Baby It’s Cold Outside” is a holiday classic that was written by Frank Losser in 1944 as a duet for him to perform with his wife at dinner parties.

“We become instant parlor room stars,” Frank once said. “We got invited to all the best parties for years on the basis of ‘Baby.’ It was our ticket to caviar and truffles. Parties were built around our being the closing act.”

In the decades since then it has been covered by people like Louis Armstrong and Velma Middleton, Ray Charles and Betty Carter as well as Rod Stewart and Dolly Parton. It’s one of the most popular songs of all time, which is why it came as a surprise this year when one radio station banned the song for being “inappropriate.”

The lyrics of the song have the man trying to convince the woman to have another drink with him rather than go out in the cold weather. He tries to get her to spend the night with him despite the fact that she says “the answer is no.”

Supporters of the #MeToo movement are now saying that the lyrics to this song feel “manipulative and wrong.”

“The world we live in is extra sensitive now, and people get easily offended, but in a world where #MeToo has finally given women the voice they deserve, the song has no place,” Star 102 host Glen Anderson stated.

“People might say, ‘oh, enough with that #MeToo,’ but if you really put that aside and listen to the lyrics, it’s not something I would want my daughter to be in that kind of a situation,” added midday host Desiray. “The tune might be catchy, but let’s maybe not promote that sort of an idea.”

Some even say that the line “Say, what’s in this drink?” normalizes date rape.

“It really pushed the line of consent,” said Cleveland Rape Crisis Center President and CEO Sondra Miller. “The character in the song is saying ‘no,’ and they’re saying well, ‘Does no really mean yes?’ And I think in 2018 what we know is consent is ‘yes’ and if you get a ‘no’, it means ‘no’ and you should stop right there.”

Many have expressed outrage over the banning, with comedian Jen Kirkman pointing out that lines like “Say, what’s in this drink?” meant something completely different decades ago.

“I’m so tired of this,” Kirkman wrote on Twitter. “The song seems odd now not cuz it’s about coercing sex but about a woman who knows her reputation is ruined if she stays. “Say what’s in this drink” is an old movie line from the 30’s that means “I’m telling the truth.” She wanted to get down and stay over.”

I’m so tired of this. The song seems odd now not cuz it’s about coercing sex but about a woman who knows her reputation is ruined if she stays. “Say what’s in this drink” is an old movie line from the 30’s that means “I’m telling the truth.” She wanted to get down and stay over. https://t.co/3TaQbUSoB1

— JEN KIRKMAN (@JenKirkman) December 1, 2018

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