You think it’s cold outside at Christmas? Me too

This holiday season, some radio stations — Star 102 in Cleveland, 86.5 KOIT in San Francisco — have banned the classic “Baby, It’s Cold Outside,” with mixed reactions.

A Colorado station pulled it in response to listener complaints then put it back on air after other listeners complained.

The song was written in 1944 by Frank Loesser to sing at parties with his wife. Columbia Pictures bought it for the 1949 film “Neptune’s Daughter.” It won an Oscar for best original song.

Some say the back-and-forth banter in the tune promotes date rape, the man pressuring the woman to stay overnight, despite her adamant, “I ought to

say no, no, no, sir,” and asking, “say, what’s in this drink?” I think it depends on how you look at it. The woman is torn, battling not a man who won’t take no for an answer

but a patriarchal society that will judge her — “there’s bound to be talk tomorrow/at least there will be plenty implied“— if she says yes, which she seems to want to do.

With today’s cultural norms, a lot of songs raise questions.

Adults get that Santa in “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus” is her husband, but to a kid, Mommy is betraying dad, not to mention Santa cheating on Mrs. Claus.

In “All I Want For Christmas Is You,” she doesn’t want a single thing except a man. I mean, sure, put him on the list, but I’m sure she also wants boots or books or concert tickets. She has other interests.

“Silent night, holy night, all is calm, all is bright” is all good, but a woman’s sexual status is her own business.

Ideally, in “Baby, It’s Cold Outside,” he’d have got her a coat, called an Uber and told her he respected her decision. Then, if she decided to stay, more power to her.

And there would be no talk tomorrow.