"BABY IT'S COLD OUTSIDE" IS A SWEET HOLIDAY DUET; "BABY IT'S COLD OUTSIDE" IS A CREEPY SONG ABOUT DRINK-SPIKING AND SEXUAL COERCION; "BABY IT'S COLD OUTSIDE" IS A FOURTH-WAVE FEMINIST MASTERCLASS IN VERBAL IRONY AND CONSENSUAL ROLE-PLAY, EXPERTLY ILLUSTRATING HOW PARTNERS IN A TRUSTING RELATIONSHIP CAN PLAYFULLY EXPLOIT THE PATRIARCHAL AND GENDERED CULTURAL EXPECTATIONS OF SEXUAL PURSUIT AND CHASTITY TO FLIRT IN A WAY THAT IS AT ONCE CULTURALLY-APPROPRIATE FOR THE TIME AND ALSO SUBVERSIVELY EROTIC