# Why do men name women in song?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-men-name-women-in-song/52674>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 1, 2001, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-men-name-women-in-song/52674 "2001-02-01T04:00:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2001, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-men-name-women-in-song/52674/21 "2001-02-10T23:53:45Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Askia K. Hale \*  
> \*\*Both _Alfie_ and _Ben_ were movie theme songs.
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> NEITHER of them were sung by women! One’s about a rat!! \*\*

_Alfie_ was recorded for the movie by Cher, was it not?

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**Author:** ![Welfy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e56c9b/32.png) [@Welfy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Welfy)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2001, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-men-name-women-in-song/52674/22 "2001-02-11T02:26:52Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Askia K. Hale \*  
> \*\*Both _Alfie_ and _Ben_ were movie theme songs.
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> NEITHER of them were sung by women! One’s about a rat!! \*\*

How disappointing! My brother’s name is Ben…

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**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2001, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-men-name-women-in-song/52674/23 "2001-02-12T00:31:52Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Welfy \*  
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> > \*Originally posted by Askia K. Hale \*  
> > \*\*Both _Alfie_ and _Ben_ were movie theme songs.
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> > NEITHER of them were sung by women! One’s about a rat!! \*\*
> 
> How disappointing! My brother’s name is Ben… \*\*

That rat!  
[sub] sorry, had to do it, hadn’t touched a welfy quote in a while… still waiting for an answer you know… heheheh[/sub]

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