This chart takes all of the descriptions of people across all songs and divides them into four categories. On the left, it shows that women were positively described seven times and negatively described five times. On the right side it shows that men were positively described five times and negatively described seven times. From this we can gather that though women and men are described in nearly equal amounts, women are more likely to be shown in a positive light and men are more likely to be shown in a negative light.
This chart takes every instance that occurred of a woman taking some sort of action and breaks it down to which actions were active and passive. In this case, “active” is referring to any action that directly changed whatever situation that woman may have been in (i.e., standing up to an abusive partner or leaving town for a better life), and “passive” if referring to any action that did not directly change whatever situation that woman may have been in (i.e., crying over the loss of a relationship).
As visible in this chart, when looking at women’s actions, the number of active choices made is more than double that of passive choices made. This shows that within these songs, the singers were primarily focused on telling stories of women who made active choices that impacted their lives.
This chart takes every instance of the failure or end of a romantic relationship between a woman and a man and tracks the reason why it happened and how often it happened across all songs.
As evident, most relationships came to an end due to internal factors and feelings between parties and not due to outside forces. It is interesting to note that so many relationships ended due to abandonment, especially as many of the songs deal heavily with themes of loneliness.