Originally Posted by
MumblesBadly
There is a heated intra-feminist debate going related to the theme of this song as it applies to the competing notions of a woman’s agency regarding sex (the right to have it as they please) versus a woman’s right to not be taken advantage of sexually by men with power over them. For example, this debate applies to intepreting whether Monica Lewinsky was appropriately exercising her right as an empowered woman to have sexual relations with a powerful man she was attracted to (President *Bill Clinton*) or was sexually harassed by a man in position of great power over her as an employee of the organization he led (*President* Bill Clinton). It sounds like the feminist you referenced is solidly in the woman’s-sexual-agency camp.
Maybe she is, but that's not really relevant here.
The song and movie it appears in, as seen/heard, clearly depict the woman as being very happy to stay the night, and her protests being for show.
I can understand revisiting some of the classics for racism, homophobia, and sexual harassment which wouldn't be considered appropriate today, but this isn't one of those situations.
In fact, this 1949 film clip is actually pretty forward-thinking, in that it depicts a woman staying over at a man's house in a positive light, and cleverly makes light of the fact that they need to go through the motions to where the woman has to be "convinced" it's in her best interests to stay, so she can still retain plausible deniability of actually having wanted to be there overnight.
SJWs just love to take offense at everything so they can continue virtual signaling, and often they end up looking incredibly stupid.