Some people I know call "Baby It's Cold Outside" the "Date Rape Song". When "Baby It's Cold Outside" was written and became popular, society expected all men to use any means to trick, manipulate, or demand sexual activity from all women, under any circumstances. But women were expected to refuse, to run away, to avoid any appearance of promiscuity - it was believed that good women who really didn't like sex, or want it. In the song, the man keeps telling her the weather is too harsh for the woman to go outside to go home, then he gives her an extra-strong drink to "relax her inhibitions". She keeps insisting she has to leave, so her family won't worry and the neighbors won't think she's immoral, and also insisting that she has to leave and has to say no to his advances, and says, "At least I can say that I tried"... but in the end, she reluctantly agrees to stay the night with the man. (Here's a modern rewrite of the song.)
A similar song of the same era is "Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow" = in which the woman has voluntarily come to visit the man's home during a snowstorm, so she'll have an excuse to stay. She brings along some "corn for popping", indicating her intention of making the evening cozy. She doesn't seem to worry about her reputation, as they prolong their "good-byeing". I prefer to substitute "Let It Snow" for "Baby It's Cold Outside" when I celebrate the joys of winter!
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A similar song of the same era is "Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow" = in which the woman has voluntarily come to visit the man's home during a snowstorm, so she'll have an excuse to stay. She brings along some "corn for popping", indicating her intention of making the evening cozy. She doesn't seem to worry about her reputation, as they prolong their "good-byeing". I prefer to substitute "Let It Snow" for "Baby It's Cold Outside" when I celebrate the joys of winter!