![]() ![]() I’ve also been told by some that I’m clueless when it comes to not being aware if someone is flirting with me. I’ve been told by more than a few people that I’m a prude. Rather its about making a mountain out of a grain of sand when it comes to demanding the rest of the world rewrite history - cultural and otherwise - to reflect their self-center of the universe views of what the world is or has been. This is not an attempt to deflect from their point, regardless of how culturally moot 1949 is compared to today’s social mores that make the Roaring ‘20s look like a repressed version of the Victorian Age. “Baby I’m fine with that,” the man responds.Not a peep from the people demanding the banishment of “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” was made at the time about the worst genre of rap music that leaves nothing to the imagination about the glorification of rape or sexual harassment. “I really can’t stay,” the woman sings in their rewritten version. In 2016, a couple from Minnesota re-imagined the classic for a 21st-century audience, changing the lyrics to emphasize the importance of consent. It’s not the first time people have taken offense to the song. This is getting out of hand with all the people that are offended by stuff.” ![]() “The song has been out there for a long time and now it offends people. “I will not be listening to this station anymore myself if they give in to sensitive people,” one woman wrote. Still, some Star 102 listeners, including women, disagree with the decision, according to comments posted on the radio station’s Facebook page. “I’ve asked them to stop and think about the perspective of a survivor who was raped in that type of circumstance.” “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,” she said. Sondra Miller, president of the Cleveland Rape Crisis Center, told WJW-TV that she backs the decision. ![]() “But baby, it’s cold outside,” he responds. “Mind if I move in closer?” the man implores. In fact, Urban Dictionary defines “Baby, it’s Cold Outside” as a “Christmas Date Rape Song.” Singer/songwriter duo Lydia Lozia and Josiah LemanskiĬouple rewrites 'Baby It's Cold Outside' to emphasize importance of consent “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.” “Now, I do realize that when the song was written in 1944, it was a different time, but now while reading it, it seems very manipulative and wrong,” he wrote. On the radio station’s website, host Glenn Anderson wrote he didn’t initially understand why the lyrics were offensive. “The tune might be catchy, but let’s maybe not promote that sort of an idea.” “People might say, ‘Oh, enough with that #MeToo,’ but if you really put that aside and read the lyrics, it’s not something that I would want my daughter to be in that kind of a situation,” midday host Desiray told CNN affiliate WJW-TV. Penned by “Guys and Dolls” writer Frank Loesser in 1944, the Christmas song is perceived by some as unworthy for the most wonderful time of the year – particularly in the age of #MeToo. “Baby, It’s Cold Outside,” the duet in which a man tries to dissuade a woman from leaving a party despite her repeated protestations, has been pulled from the station’s Christmas playlist amid concerns about its predatory nature. Star 102, WDOK-FM, calls itself “Cleveland’s Christmas station.” But its listeners are discovering that one holiday chestnut has been kicked to the curb. ![]()
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