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OhhhJa posted...

People like you wanna write two paragraphs about this song that's not about rape and then ignore all the rap that's rapey because it's okay because a white guy didn't write it

_AdjI_ posted...

Does that mean the song should be banned? No. If nothing else, there are far worse songs out there that nobody thinks twice about.

I'm not about to repeat myself if I have no reason to.

Metalsonic66 posted...

I thought the controversial line was "Say, what's in this drink?"

In the modern world, that immediately conjures up the image of roofies, but that one is more easily explained away as an old colloquialism (used to suggest that their current behaviour should be blamed on the alcohol rather than seen as reflective of them). The various forms of "no," not so much. The "no means yes here" explanation, while not necessarily inaccurate, is still concerning because that exact attitude is frequently employed in pushing people into sex. I've joked for a few years now that revising the song to reflect a modern understanding of consent would go roughly as follows:

-"I really can't stay"
-"Oh, that's too bad. Would you like to do this again some time?"
END OF SONG

That's more than a bit facetious, obviously, but it's not entirely wrong, either. Does that make the real thing a bad song? Not at all. It's still good fun. It's just important to recognize that it's not a good idea to romanticize that relationship because that's no longer considered respectful, consensual behaviour.