In a tiresome-but-understandable tradition, made more relevant by the power of the #MeToo hashtag that brought down senators and Hollywood moguls, we must once again reconsider the problematic nature of a perennial Christmas music favorite: the 1944 track, “Baby, It’s Cold Outside,” considered by more than a few feminist writers to be an affront to feminism and a ballad in support of date rape.

On one hand, they’re not entirely wrong. Aspects of the song are undeniably rapey – if not by 1944 standards, by 2017 standards. “Say what’s in this drink?” could be a nod to a drugged drink, or simply an overly strong one, designed to get a woman especially drunk. Drugging or spiking drinks isn’t particularly smart or socially acceptable these days – but listeners versed in the rhetoric of the 1940s should know that “Say what’s in this drink” is not a line about roofies, but a winking, archaic expression implying the strength of the booze is why the speaker is doing … whatever it is they’re doing.