- Songs are an effective method for analyzing emotional expression over time, but have limiting factors that must be acknowledged.
- The commonalities between the songs reveal inherent parts of the emotional reaction to a breakup within this time frame.
- The subversion of gender stereotypes about emotions in music can break down those stereotypes and lead to more authentic emotional expression.
- The fact that there was such a tremendous gender gap in who wrote these lyrics was limiting for the research and is a systematic issue in the music industry.
- There is an upward trend in popular music of women expressing empowerment and individuals taking blame for a failed relationship.