What's in this drink?

[gridlore]

It has been pointed out on customers_suck that the wintertime classic Baby, It's Cold Outside is almost a script for date rape. The female (in most versions, evidently there are recordings that reverse the roles) is trying to leave, and the male vocalist won't let her. Indeed, he keeps pushing drinks on her!

Judge for yourself

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[kengr]

In the song he's trying to persuade her (and yes, the drinks are probably over the line *now*, but not when the song was written).

It the "no means maybe" stuff we are being "taught" that when a women says no, she means "try harder".

It may seem like a subtle difference, but it isn't.

I guess you could (badly) describe the former as "he's possibly being a jerk" and the latter as "He's *expected* to be a jerk".