C+ // Burn // Ellie Goulding

This song is about dancing and maybe whatever you associate "burning" with. It's boring, and it has nothing to do with women specifically. I suppose being that it is recorded by one and the message is positive, I can give it the plus. 

C+ // Say Something // A Great Big World & Christina Aguilera

This song is pretty gorgeous. The video shows three scenes, a woman leaving her lover, a child in a parent's fighting, and an elderly man and his sick wife.

The lyrics are a little heartbreaking. with a lot of "Say something, I'm giving up on you"

But it's not about women.

But Christina does some awesome harmony. props. for that, i give it the plus.

C // Story of My Life // One Direction

really this song just feels like a bunch of nonsense drivel.

The story of my life I take her home
I drive all night to keep her warm and time is frozen 

The story of my life I give her hope
I spend her love until she's broke inside

She told me in the morning she don't feel the same about us in her bones,

And I been waiting for this time to come around
But baby running after you is like chasing the clouds

• No name calling
• Not really objectifying
• Woman somewhat an agent/empowered, though also needs help/hope/a ride?
• woman in relation to man

D // Sweater Weather // The Neighbourhood

Somehow, despite it being cold and needing a sweater, there is a whole lotta naked going on...maybe it's a PSA. Like: "Girls, it's getting cold. Bring a sweater. Wear some pants." Nope. Just about sex.

• You in those little high waisted shorts, oh
  
• No shirt, no blouse

Here we go, foreplay!

• The goose bumps start to raise / The minute that my left hand meets your waist / And then I watch your face / Put my finger on your tongue / 'Cause you love the taste yeah

• No name calling
• Woman in relation to man and temperatures
• Some objectification
• Not empowering women. Where does she have agency in this song? I'll tell you: nowhere.

D // Let Her Go // Passenger

A (bitter) sweet song.

• No name calling
• Slight objectification: woman is not a "thing" that you let go. Women have agency, people! I know there are ways you could interpret this song to make this line mean otherwise, but in context, this is definitely what he means.
• 'Cause you only need the light when it's burning low
  Only miss the sun when it starts to snow
  Only know you love her when you let her go
  
  Only know you've been high when you're feeling low
  Only hate the road when you're missing home
  Only know you love her when you let her go
• Does not empower women. ^ And who really knows what this part is about:
• Well you see her when you fall asleep
  But never to touch and never to keep
  'Cause you loved her too much and you dive too deep
• Women in relation to man

B+ // Unconditionally // Katy Perry

Musically, I find this song terribly boring. The lyrics are sweet. It would be nice if this were the kind of love songs we ladies got from men instead of the "you're beautiful" line.

• No name calling
• No objectification
• Women in relation to... I mean, I guess you could sing this even to your mom. Which Perry has acknowledged. So, I guess not.
• I happen to think that the human power to love unconditionally is pretty special. So to acknowledge that...maybe it's empowering. 

F // Timber // Pitbull ft Ke$ha

Well, this song is gross. 

I have ‘em like Miley Cyrus, clothes off
Twerking in their bras and thongs, timber
Face down, booty up, timber
That’s the way we like the what, timber
I’m slicker than an oil spill
She say she won’t, but I bet she will, timber
Swing your partner round and round
End of the night, it’s going down

• No name calling
• Objectifies women. Hard.
• Women not empowered. Okay, I get it, women like to dance. But HE has them do it naked. *rolls eyes*
• Women in relation to man. It's going down with a "partner," I'm pretty sure he's talking about hetero-sex here. Correct me if I'm wrong.

D // Rap God // Eminem

Eminem is not known for feminism. He even addresses it in this song.

Angels fight with devils, here's what they want from me

They asking me to eliminate some of the women hate

But if you take into consideration the bitter hatred that I had

Then you may be a little patient and more sympathetic to the situation

And understand the discrimination

But fuck it, life's handing you lemons, make lemonade then

But if I can't batter the women how the fuck am I supposed to bake them a cake then?

Don't mistake it for Satan

It's a fatal mistake if you think I need to be overseas

And take a vacation to trip a broad

And make her fall on her face and don't be a retard

Be a king? Think not, why be a king when you can be a God?

Eminem is often smarter than he seems. You can often realize more of the layers that he's playing with after a few listens. That said:

• No name calling
• Does not objectify women
• Does not empower women
• Woman in relation to man

C // The Monster // Eminem ft. Rihanna

Despite the hum on facebook about not calling women "crazy", I'm going to rule that this collaboration is not about women.

D // Gorilla // Bruno Mars

Okay, vocally, Bruno Mars pulls is out on this song in an impressive way. But lyrically...I know when I want to do a reading of a song to my roommates, it's bad. But maybe in a Prince-y way? Cuz on the other hand...maybe I want to send the lyrics to a lover...hmmm...

Ooh I got a body full of liquor with a cocaine kicker and I'm feeling like I'm thirty feet tall
So lay it down, lay it down

You got your legs up in the sky with the devil in your eyes
Let me hear you say you want it all
Say it now, say it now

Look what you're doing, look what you done
But in this jungle you can't run
Cause what I got for you
I promise it's a killer, you'll be banging on my chest
Bang bang, gorilla

Ooh Ooh Yeah You and me baby making love like gorillas

Yeah I got a fistful of your hair
But you don't look like you're scared
You're just smiling, tell me, daddy it's yours
Cause you know how I like it, you's a dirty little lover
If the neighbors call the cops, call the sheriff, call the SWAT we don't stop, we keep rocking while they knocking on our door
And you're screaming, give it to me baby
Give it to me motherfucker

I bet you never ever felt so good, so good
I got your body trembling like it should, it should
You'll never be the same baby once I'm done with you

The question here is really whether this empowers women or subjugates them. At times the song gets that rapey vibe. "You can't run"? "A killer"? "Call the cops"? She doesn't "look" scared? Not great consent practice. And my personal fave, "Once I'm done with you." But at times it seems quite consensual. She's smiling, screaming for him to give it to her, and she's trembling, presumably from pleasure. 

If we assume Bruno Mars is not singing about rape, because it's not what he intended, and is rather about "animalistic sex", as he describes in interviews, then maybe there is no harm other than the perpetuation of a culture that can't help but discuss women without discussing sex or her body, and that does not promote clear lines of consent during sex. Should we hold Bruno Mars accountable for that? Isn't that kind of the point?

Many women enjoy the kind of sex described. I certainly would not want to take good, consensual sex away from anyone. But I can't call this empowering when it feels like Bruno's fantasy more than it feels like his partner's by the virtue of it being from his point of view. If it were a woman singing, it would likely be different. Just read it in the voice of Nicki Minaj but substitute "daddy" with mami. How does it sound now? To me, she'd be taking power, not giving it, and that's a sign that on some level, my subconscious empowers men so that when I listen to this song, any minuscule bit he gives over is considered. *sigh* 

• Does not empower women

Which has some standing in the next question--does this objectify women?

If you want some go-to feminist guidelines on objectification, check this out. But as the wiki makes a little clearer, objectification is treating a person as a thing, without regard to their dignity. So the antonymous question of whether a song objectifies women is whether or not it dignifies them. I'm going to go with no. 

• Objectifies women

And the easy ones

• Women in relation to man
• No name calling

Many have drawn comparisons to Blurred Lines, which I also gave a D. Part of me thinks I should fail them both. So why didn't I? I mean, I failed Treasure, which seems like a much more vanilla song. But it isn't women enjoying sex, rough or gentle, that the feminist in me is against. Certainly the part of me that values modesty does not like it, but that isn't what this blog is about. I'm against women not having a voice, not being valued (for more than their bodies), lacking power, and violence against women.

Well, this post is long enough. I welcome your thoughts!

B // Still Into You // Paramore

It's surprising to hear a Taylor Swift song come from Paramore. Guess they've got a new sound.

• No name calling
• No objectification of women
• Women in relation to man
• Woman slightly empowered. She's totally happy. Good for her.
• I should be over all the butterflies
  But i'm into you (I'm in to you)
  And baby even on our worst nights
  I'm into you (I'm into you)
  Let them wonder how we got this far
  Cause I don't really need to wonder at all
  Yeah after all this time
  I'm still into you

D+ // It Goes Like This // Thomas Rhett

With opening line "Hey, girl, you make me wanna write a song", I was a little worried this was going to go the way of "Cruise", but it's much better. It's written by Thomas Rhett's dad (Rhett Akins) and produced by Michael Knox, who also produced Night Train. 

Here we go:

• No name calling
• Woman not so objectified
• Woman in relation to man
• And it goes like, oooh
  What I wouldn't do
  To write my name on your heart
  Get to wrapping my arms
  Baby, all around you
  
  And it goes like, hey
  Girl, I'm blown away
  Yeah, it starts with a smile
  And it ends with an all night long, slow kiss
  Yeah, it goes like this
  
  Hey, girl, you make me wanna drive you home
  Get you outta here and get you all alone
• Woman is not empowered. She is hardly a character. She impresses him, and inspires his lust and music. Bo-ring.

B- // Can't Hold Us // Macklemore and Ryan Lewis ft. Ray Dalton

This song is so full of positive energy! It only has one reference in particular to women:

Deuces, goodbye, I got a world to see
And my girl, she wanna see Rome
Caesar'll make you a believer
Nah, I never, ever did it for a throne

I appreciate that this is acknowledging what she wants and being excited about it. It's 1. Not just her in relation to him and 2. I assume he's going to get her there, possibly empowering her? 3. Not really objectifying and 4. Not name calling

C // Demons // Imagine Dragons

Imagine Dragons does not like to give away their intended meanings for songs, preferring to leave it up to the listener. Although the song is sung to someone, presumably a romantic interest, but not necessarily, I rule that does not really make it about women. 

C- // Survival // Eminem

Not about women

Except for the random, unnecessary use of the word slut for the sake of a rhyme. There are a couple of times he uses the word bitch, but it's not in reference to any person (rather to your hands, a place).

Let me remind you of what got me this far, picture me quitting // Now draw a circle around it and put a line through it, slut // It's survival of what?

C // Heartbreaker // Justin Bieber

I don't understand why this is a top 40 song, but I guess Bieber's R&B is a hit. 

• No name calling
• No objectification
• Woman only in relation to man
• Woman not really empowered nor disempowered. Okay, she is holding a line. She doesn't want to talk. She's a heartbreaker, but not in a blaming way. There's no real indication of what she does want. He does seem to be struggling to respect her wish not to talk on the one hand, and his desire to still be with her on the other, which I can respect. She also either taught/told him to be be careful with her heart. I guess that's good in that she was looking out for herself while at the same time potentially portraying her as fragile? To be fair, we are all kind of fragile. 

D- // Gone // Kanye West ft. Cam'ron & Consequence

I dig this song. And I have a thing for Kanye. So it hurts me too much to fail it. Maybe you think I should?
Let me know.

• Name calling
• They got a new bitch, now you Jennifer Aniston
• Aaron love the raw dog, when will he learn
  Caught something on the Usher tour he had to let it burn
  Plus he already got three children
  Arguin over babysitters like bitch it's yo turn
• Objectification of women
• Before model chicks was bending over 
• Women in relation to men, but also in some interesting contexts
• I been pouring out some liquor for the fact that my pal's gone
  And trying to help his Momma with the fact that her child gone
  And since we used to bubble like a tub full of Calgon
  Guess it's only right that I should help her from now on
• Gave Weezie a piece of the pie and
  You can ask George or Regina
• Women not empowered. Mostly depicted as shallow.
• Says she want diamonds, I took her to Ruby Tuesdays

C // Mirrors // Justin Timberlake

• Woman in relation to man
• It's like you're my mirror
  My mirror staring back at me
  I couldn't get any bigger
  With anyone else beside of me
  And now it's clear as this promise
  That we're making two reflections into one
  
• No name calling
• Woman not objectified! (okay, she is literally compared to an object-a mirror-but it's for the use of some nice, extended metaphor that doesn't really have to do with her body)
• Woman neither empowered nor disempowered

C // 23 // Mike WiLL Made-It ft. Miley Cyrus, Wiz Khalifa, and Juicy J

This song is about...shoes. And likely the popular purple drank (made with cough syrup). (Also possibly quality weed.)

• Objectifies women
• I'm so high, I got three bitches that go bi / I'm so fly, I'm gettin' head like a blow dryer
• More kicks than the players, call me up I'm scorin' / Hit it like a free throw, tongue out like I'm Jordan / Smiley, Miley, come swing the thing right by me
• Name calling: bitches
• Women as slightly empowered? Miley's verse seems to be boastful, which is a form of power, and at the same time a little dead inside with no respect and not giving a fuck. I do not, however, take issue with the fact she's in a mini skirt. Mostly cuz it's all about the shoes which are being touted by both the male and female characters. 
• I be in the club standing on the couch
  In them Wolf Grays like it's my house
  Drinking out the bottle, I got no respect
  Looking like a model, you just got a check
  I back it up, cause I don't give a fuck
  If you're a lame, that's a shame you can't hang with us
  I'm MC Hammer fly, you can't touch
  J's so fly I should work at Flight Club
• Woman not only in relation to man.

Bonus - guns!: Gotta a joint if you wanna get stoned, got choppers if they wanna try me chopper=AK47

C+ // Crooked Smile // J. Cole ft. TLC

This song is REAL. 

There's a lot of strong messaging to women, mostly about insecurity about looks.

• Love yourself, girl, or nobody will / Oh, you a woman? I don't know how you deal / With all the pressure to look impressive and go out in heels / I feel for you / Killing yourself to find a man that'll kill for you / You wake up, put makeup on / Stare in the mirror but its clear that you can’t face what’s wrong / No need to fix what God already put his paint brush on / Your roommate yelling, "Why you gotta take so long?"

Then there's this verse:

• To all the women with the flaws, know it's hard my darling
  You wonder why you're lonely and your man's not calling
  You keep falling victim cause you're insecure
  And when I tell you that you're beautiful you can't be sure
  'Cause he don't seem to want you back
  And it got you asking
  So all you see is what you lacking
  Not what you packing
  Take it from a man that loves what you got
  And baby girl you're a star, don't let 'em tell you you're not
  Now is it real? Eyebrows, fingernails, hair
  Is it real? if it's not, girl you don't care
  Cause what's real is something that the eyes can't see
  That the hands can't touch
  That them broads can't be, and that's you
  Never let 'em see you frown
  And if you need a friend to pick you up, I'll be around
  And we can ride with the windows down, the music loud
  I can tell you ain't laughed in a while
  But I wanna see that crooked smile

And then he starts talking about racism and the system! oh snap! Crooked Smile vs. Lolly? No comparison.

But let's break it down according to criteria:

• Name calling? Bitch is a weird word. Sometimes it's empowered. Sometimes it's mean. Sometimes it's an identity. Sometimes it feels...objectifying, as it does here. *sigh*
• I got smart, I got rich, and I got bitches still / And they all look like my eyebrows: thick. 
• Woman in relation to man? Mostly I think it's in relation to herself and her internal criticism. Yes, it seems like the cure is first that he tells her she's beautiful. And she is totally worried about what guys think, but he seems to be calling that out. 
• Woman objectified? It seems to switch off from complimenting/objectifying "what you packing" and then saying the outside doesn't matter/you're made by God. Mixed messages.
• Woman disempowered? But calling that out. AND calling out racial power systems. yay!!
• We don't look nothing like the people on the screen
  You know them movie stars, picture perfect beauty queens
  But we got dreams and we got the right to chase em
  Look at the nation, that's a crooked smile braces couldn't even straighten
  Seem like half the race is either on probation, or in jail
  Wonder why we inhale, cause we in hell already
  I asked if my skin pale, would I then sell like Eminem or Adele?
• 
  

Ultimately, the song, though giving some mixed messages, is trying to empower people to embrace their flaws/not really care about them so much. Amen to that. 

• My shit is crooked look at how far I done got without it / I keep my twisted grill, just to show them kids it's real / We ain't picture perfect but we worth the picture still

C // Counting Stars // One Republic

Hard to say what role women play in this song.

• Woman not really in relation to man. He's talking about "we". This is a dream for him and his partner, but not ABOUT him in relation to his partner. It feels more like a conversation. There is also a mention of love and hope, but it's kind of general. The song is more about trying to live a different life.
• Lately, I've been, I've been losing sleep / Dreaming about the things we could be / But baby, I've been, I've been praying hard, / Said no more counting dollars / We'll be counting stars, yeah we'll be counting stars
• I feel the love and I feel it burn / Down this river, every turn / Hope is our four-letter word / Make that money, watch it burn

I'm going to go with not about women. Which gives you a C.

F // Lolly // Maejor Ali ft Juicy J and Justin Beiber

Gross.
I've left you all of the lyrics. But first, let me break a few things down:

• Yup, another dick-ducking song!
• Justin Beiber(!) throws down a grand...whatever for? I don't think it's the sparkling water.
• Ass everywhere, throw them dollars in the air (mhmm) - oh! the grand is because we're in a strip club
• Bands a make her dance, molly make her lose them underwear - "band" = $1,000, molly=MDMA/ecstasy
• Booty cheeks I'm geek'd - geeked=similar to coked out (the molly version)
• I'm Rick James bitch, I slip myself a mickey slip a mickey= put a roofie or sleeping pill in a drink
• Make her bounce it like hydraulics hydraulics usually make cars bounce
• Kevin Hart, I got purple on the plane (we smoking) purple=weed
• Let's call a bull (let's go), let's run a train (trippy) a bull=a man who has sex with a married woman to humiliate her husband. run a train= a lineup of guys having sex one after another with the same woman
• The good news? No name calling and the woman is described as excited by this. She's a "super freak" and she likes it! That's okay. You can rock that. Just not as described by these gentlemen. 

She say she love my lolly
She wanna make it pop
She say she love my lolly
She want to kiss the top
She say she love my lolly
She love my lollipop

She say she love to party
Girl I love your body
Why you on the table?
Cause you know I'm watching
She say she love my molly
So we can leave this party
And go back to my hotel
And don't stop for hibachi
And don't stop in the lobby
I hope you massage me
I hope you can take it when i make you call me papi
The club about to close
Come up out them clothes
I'm about to give you watchu asking for

Order what you want
Girl it ain't no problem
Imma tell the waitress
that my baby need a bottle
Order what you want
Said it ain't no problem
Gotta piece of candy
And its all for you

Girl i love them heels
Yeah, i love that dress
Wanna take you home
Show you I'm the best

Throwing up a G note
Like i'm at a casino
I'm all fancy yeah
I'm poppin' Pellegrino
Im in the El Camino
And i pull up on the scene though
You know I'm a real OG
And baby i ain't from the T.O
You ain't messing with the clique though
Meet me on the 6th floor
Know you ain't a model
You should let me take some pics tho
Windows down
Speakers loud
Look down at my sneakers now
Got so many features
Tell the creatures just to beat it now
50 for that necklace
Look down at my set list
Got your girlfriend at my crib watching Netflix
Let's just admit that I'm the bestest
Guess this you ain't never ever on the guest list

Yessir
Ass everywhere
Throw them dollars in the air (mhmm)
Bring your swimming gear
Juicy J the millionaire (mhmm)
She pop that pussy on me
I fell back in the chair
Bands a make her dance
Molly make her lose them underwear
Booty cheeks
I'm geeked, (you know it)
All her friends are freaks (you know it)
And I think she love me
I've been hitting it for a week (swish)
I drill it
Slap it silly
Need a super freak like Ricky
I'm Rick James bitch
I slip myself a mickey
Got so much money in my pocket
With a real bad chick from the tropics
With silicone racks with a real big ass
Make her bounce it like hydraulics
Kevin Hart, I got purple on the plane (we smoking)
Let's call a bull (let's go)
Let's run a train (trippy)

D // Dark Horse // Katy Perry ft Juicy Jay

• No name calling
• Woman objectified
• I'm sprung and I don't care
  She got me like a roller coaster
  Turn the bedroom into a fair
  Her love is like a drug
  I was tryna hit it and quit it
  But lil' mama so dope
  I messed around and got addicted
• Woman in relation to man
• Make me your Aphrodite
  Make me your one and only
  But don't make me your enemy
• Woman as empowered? This song is a little hard to wade through--one of those weird Katy songs. I think she's admitting to being intense, maybe a little cray--a "perfect storm". She's demanding real commitment. Actually, that's kind of all she's really asking for...why is that intense/crazy? Is Katy (unknowingly?) buying into women-hating stereotypes? Juicy J finds her dangerous, comparing her to a famous cannibalistic serial killer. I guess that's powerful, but it also seems strange and unfair. I can't quite tell what to make of it. 

• It's in the palm of your hand now baby / It's a yes or a no / No maybe / So just be sure / Before you give it up to me / Up to me / Give it up to me
  
  So you wanna play with magic / Boy you should know what you're fallin' for / Baby do you dare to do this / Cause I'm comin' at you like a dark horse
  
  Are you ready for / Ready for / A perfect storm / Perfect storm / Cause once you're mine / Once you're mine / There's no goin' back
• She's a beast / I call her Karma / She eat your heart out / Like Jeffrey Dahmer / Be careful / Try not to lead her on / Shawty's heart was on steroids / Cause her love was so strong / You may fall in love / When you meet her / If you get the chance you better keep her / She swears by it but if you break her heart / She turn cold as a freezer

A- // Work B**ch! // Britney Spears

• Name calling. There's a lot of the word bitch. Britney loves calling people bitch. But it's in that kind of gay community way where it's not so offensive?
• Woman not in relation to man
• Woman is not really objectified. The things we want in life are a bikini body and a fancy car? But we get it by working. This is kind of in the vein of Destiny's Independent Women. But I think it may be doing even more than that. Britney is also making the claim that she works hard for what she's got. Some of which may be because of her body, but she works hard for that too. It's not just sitting pretty that will get you by.
• You wanna hot body
  You wanna Bugatti
  You wanna Maserati
  You better work bitch
• Women as empowered. First of all, Britney is fierce. Second, she's encouraging all y'all bitches to be fierce, too. 

F // Give It 2 U // Robin Thicke ft. Kendrick Lamar

Stunning. You know it's bad when I want to quote the entire song. In fact, I'm going to just leave you the lyrics. (I didn't include 2 Chainz verse because it isn't the version on the top 40, but it's also probably the least offensive verse of the song. You read that right.)

• Objectifies women. Like, a lot.
• Women in relation to men. Basically as a sex toy.
• No real name calling (Kendrick does mention a "fat ass", but I think he means it positively and it actually referring to a large butt)
• Women not empowered. Okay, yes, he is saying he's going to make her fantasies come true, but he's saying it in a "my dick is a gift" way. Thanks, but no thanks.

Girl give it to me
Girl you know what it do, girl give it to me
I got somethin brand new, girl give it to me
I'll put it all on you, girl give it to me
Wooo! I got a gift for ya
I got this for ya, a little Thicke for ya
A big kiss for ya, I got a hit for ya
Big dick for ya, let me give it to yaBaby baby, I got a call for ya
I got a whip for ya, black car for ya
Ball hard for ya, I know you wanna get fancy
I know you wanna start dancin

Hey... girl
You know you're lookin so damn fly
You're lookin like you fell from the sky
You know you make a grown man cry

I wanna give it to you, tonight
And make everything you fantasize
come true, ooh baby
I'll make you so so so amazing
I'll give it to you

Ooh! What's that girl?
What's that baby? I like that girl
I like that baby, on your back girl
On your back, yeah shake it like that girl
Baby baby, I got an eye for ya
Got an eye for ya, I got a smile for ya
Cheese, let me put it on your face for ya
Please, I got a taste for ya
Tasty, I bought lace for ya
Freaky, I'll put it on ya
Yeah, so I can come and take it off ya
Yeah, and get off to ya

Uh, you're like a needle in a haystack
Uh, I wanna sit you where my face at
Uh, lunch with a few Mai-Tais
Uh, purple kisses on my tie
Uh, life can leave a dick loved
Uh, now you gettin this dick, love
Uh, I'm lookin for you with a flashlight
I wanna feel what a real fat ass like
No injection, I learned my lesson
I walk it like I talk it, baby this pedestrian
Runnin through your mind like Jackie Joyner
Pussy like pop like "DO!" Go get me a burner
Got shot like "DO!" This can be detrimental
T-shirt and panties, that's your credential
You're cotton candy, I need a fistful
I'm often antsy, hope that convince you

F // Redneck Crazy // Tyler Farr

My rubric is still an experiment. What about songs that threaten or harass women? Is that an extension of women as not having power or is it a whole new category? This guy shows up driving wildly at 3am, parks his truck on her lawn, gets drunk, shines his lights into her bedroom, and won't let her sleep. I'd call that intimidation, and I'd call the cops. I understand that the video tries to make light of the situation the lyrics are describing, but I'd call that cowardly not facing the reality. Maybe execs realized a video of their star being "redneck crazy" wouldn't fly, so they just went with redneck silly.

• Women as disempowered. 
• I'm gonna aim my headlights into your bedroom windows
  Throw empty beer cans at both of your shadows
  I didn't come here to start a fight, but I'm up for anything tonight
  You know you broke the wrong heart baby, and drove me redneck crazy
  Redneck crazy
  
  Did you think I'd wish you both the best, endless love and happiness
  You know that's just not the kind of man I am
  I'm the kind that shows up at your house at 3am
• Woman in relation to man
• Wish I knew how long it's been going on / How long you've been getting some on the side / Nah, he can't amount to much by the look of that little truck / Well he wont be getting any sleep tonight

• No name calling
• Woman not objectified

C // Night Train // Jason Aldean

• No name calling
• Not objectifying
• Woman not really in relation to man. They're going on a date, yes. But he's not singing about her. He's singing about how they're excited to hang out and watch the train. You could do that with your brother. And yeah, he's gunna hold her cuz it's cold and lie next to her all night--there's that. But let's give it some credit for not being terribly shallow. Oh wait. Except for this:
• yeah I hope its gonna be a long one
  if were lucky its moving slow
  wouldn't mind if it lasted all night
  lying next to you on that hillside lets go

       You ruined it. Things were going so well. Sexual innuendo much? I'm not against sex. I love          it. I know we're not talking about "running a train" (gang bang) on someone, he's just making        sweet love to his girl. Sounds awesome. But sounds like woman in relation to man to me.            Now we know why "the thought of you is driving me insane".

• Woman neither empowered nor disempowered

C // Sail // AWOLNATION

Not about women

"This is how I show my love" may make you think it might be a love song, and it might be. But it's not about women. It's about feeling messed up. Which gives it a default C. Not to say I don't like the song--I do. It just does no harm nor good for womankind.

C- // Round Here // Florida Georgia Line

• No name calling
• Only slight objectification
• I hope she's gonna wear the jeans with the tear
• Woman in relation to man
• Mud on the grips, wild cherry on her lips
  I’ve been working and trying and flirting and dying
  For an all night kind of kiss
• Woman neither empowered nor disempowered

D // Cruise // Florida Georgia Line ft. Nelly

• No name calling
• Objectification
• Yeah, when I first saw that bikini top on her // ... Thought, "Oh, good lord, she had them long tanned legs"
• Women in relation to man 
• Baby you a song // You make me wanna roll my windows down and cruise
• Woman is neither empowered nor disempowered. She seems to like to cruise, too. She likes mudding, she has a thing for the fast life, and she puts her legs up on the dash. BUT, Nelly also is offering to "show you what the fast like". 

B- // Gone, Gone, Gone // Phillip Phillips

• No name calling
• Not objectifying
• Woman in relation to man
• You would never sleep alone
  I love you long after you're gone
• Woman is both powerful and needs help. He is our prince charming savior!
• When enemies are at your door // I'll carry you away from war
• When you fall like a statue // I'm gon' be there to catch you // Put you on your feet, you on your feet

         But at the same time, she is totally holding him up:

• You're my back bone
  You're my cornerstone
  You're my crutch when my legs stop moving
  You're my head start
  You're my rugged heart
  You're the pulse that I've always needed

Seeing that relationships should be a give and take (we do, sometimes need help), this could be a positive model. 

• If you need help, if you need help
  Your hope dangling by a string
  I'll share in your suffering

D // I Need Your Love // Calvin Harris ft. Ellie Goulding

• No name calling
• Not objectifying
• Woman in relation to man
• I need your love
  I need your time
  When everything's wrong
  You make it right
• Woman not powerful
• And I feel so helpless here // Watch my eyes are filled with fear // Tell me do you feel the same // Hold me in your arms again

B // The Fox // Ylvis

The Fox is a parody. It doesn't have to do with women. But I appreciate that in doing so, it almost points out the absurd objectification that is so common in most songs

• Big blue eyes / Pointy nose / Chasing mice / and digging holes // Tiny paws / Up the hill / Suddenly you're standing still // Your fur is red / So beautiful / Like an angel in disguise // But if you meet / a friendly horse / Will you communicate by / mo-o-o-o-orse?

It is, in the end, a song wondering what the sound is that foxes make. :)

B+ // Best Song Ever // One Direction

• Woman as powerful. She is strong, she rejects his advances, and they still have a good time -- it's not the end of the world. Awesome!
• Maybe it's the way she walked (Wow) 
  Straight into my heart and stole it
  Through the doors and past the guards (Wow), 
  Just like she already owned it
• I said, "Can I take you home with me?" 
  She said, "Never in your wildest dreams"
• No name calling
• Woman in relation to man, but doin her thing
• And her daddy was a dentist
  Said I had a dirty mouth (I got a dirty mouth) 
  But she kissed me like she meant it
• Not objectifying

F // That's My Kind Of Night // Luke Bryan

Some country fans are as disgusted with this song as I am.

• Holy, objectification, batman!
• You can hang your t-shirt on a limb // Hit that bank and we can ease on in // Soak us up a little moonlight // You know I know what you like, yeah!
• All them other boys wanna wind you up and take you downtown // But you look like the kind that likes to take it way out // Out where the corn rows grow, row, row my boat ... Gonna sound like a winner, when I lay you down and love you right // Yeah, that's my kind of night

• Woman in relation to man 
• You got that sun tan skirt and boots
  Waiting on you to look my way and scoot
  Your little hot self over here
  Girl hand me another beer, yeah!
• No name calling
• Woman has no power. It's what he assumes she likes, what he wants, his night. (Which is supposed to be better than those other guys who treat her similarly but don't take it far enough...they only take her downtown)