Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow? Lyrics

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Cover art for Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow? lyrics by Rolling Stones, The

It always felt like they were taking a jab at moralistic sexual attitudes. As if to say, "So, you disapprove of my sexuality. I bet your mother did the same thing. Don't presume to judge me." It could be any gender speaking to any gender, hence the mother, brother, lover, variants.