After a radio station in Cleveland decided to withdraw Baby, It's Cold Outside from its rotation of Christmas songs, Canadian stations (including a couple of CBC Music streams) were quick to follow suit. "In the context of this song it seems weird to not engage a little bit with the words and the lyrics," says writer Stacy Lee Kong after broadcasters, including the CBC, pull the song 'Baby It's Cold Outside'. 19:52The accusation that Baby, It's Cold Outside is about sexual assault is absurd unless you isolate the entire duet down to the lines "Say, what's in this drink?" The problem is not that there's any consensus that Baby, It's Cold Outside is incompatible with our modern sensibilities. Going out of our way to find evil interpretations of classic art doesn't further a feminist agenda, but engaging with and analyzing older works such as Baby, It's Cold Outside just might.

Source: CBC News December 07, 2018 09:00 UTC