Baby, It's Creepy Outside

Nov 30, 2010 12:32

It's the end of November, and that means I've been hearing Christmas music every time I leave my house for about a month already. Of course, that includes the perennially creepy "Baby, It's Cold Outside". I mean, Christmas isn't Christmas without a nice holiday date rape anthem, right? (Here's a link to the lyrics)The thing that really gets me, ( Read more... )

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happiestsadist November 30 2010, 17:45:40 UTC
Yeah, the idea that a woman saying yes if she wants to is a bad thing is another part of that fuckery.

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matrexius November 30 2010, 22:58:35 UTC
It's kinda like the "walk of shame" notion that, I notice, is almost always used with reference to women instead of men. When she's leaving his place, it's a walk of shame; if he leaves hers, he's...going to work/school/home/etc.

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happiestsadist November 30 2010, 23:00:53 UTC
Well yeah, only women are supposed to feel shame for sex. When it's so apparent that that mentality requires sex to be something coerced, tricked or cajoled out of woman, of course there's a loser and a winner in the equation.

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happiestsadist November 30 2010, 17:50:38 UTC
It's what keeps me going. :D

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ms_daisy_cutter November 30 2010, 17:51:10 UTC
and the invocation of a possibly vengeance-seeking family waiting for her.

Because, of course, she's ruined her "honor."

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happiestsadist November 30 2010, 17:55:27 UTC
We all know a woman has no value on the open market if the freshness seal's been tampered with.

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happiestsadist November 30 2010, 18:04:48 UTC
I'm actually surprised.

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magenter November 30 2010, 17:59:48 UTC
Eww. I don't think I've ever actually heard this song (if I did, I didn't recognize it) and I'm kind of glad. That is incredibly creepy.

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happiestsadist November 30 2010, 18:03:56 UTC
Lucky. It get a lot of play everywhere I've been.

I had a point, and then your icon made me forget it. :D

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happiestsadist November 30 2010, 18:05:24 UTC
Yeah, that doesn't exactly seem charming.

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x_creepy_doll_x November 30 2010, 18:20:37 UTC
I can find sense in kicking him in the nads!

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happiestsadist November 30 2010, 18:25:10 UTC
I love that way you think.

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