Carrie Underwood/Headscratchers

• Fridge Logic kicks in when you think about the vandalism in "Before He Cheats"...not smart to sign your name to the deed ("Carved my name into his leather seats").
  • How about the fact that she isn't 100% sure he's even done anything yet?
    • As to that one, I assumed that she knows he is cheating, and has been for some time, she just isn't sure specifically what he's doing now, this time. As to signing her name... no explanation.
  • Fridge Logic also kicks in for the song "Jesus Take The Wheel" when you think about the vandalism in "Before He Cheats".
• The sexism in "All-American Girl." The father in the first verse wants very much the typical son, someone "he could take fishing," and a sports-player to be the father's "pride and joy." The instant he realizes the baby is a girl, all of those dreams are completely dropped. Because girls can't fish with their dads or make said dads proud by playing sports, amiright? They gotta make their families proud by marrying the football captain straight out of high school (because, also, it's totally a good thing for said football star to abandon his college dreams for this girl later. Uh-uh.)
  • A song about a dad who's briefly disappointed because he wanted a son. And then the girl grows up and marries a man. That's sexism?
  • It's also a country song and taken from the viewpoint of a man from an older generation. The 'sexism' is dropped once it moves to her and her boyfriend. A lot of fathers, especially in the more conservative South, keep to traditional gender roles, for better or worse. While it's true, there's a hint of sexism to the father's expectations, it's also about letting those expectations go to love what you have right now. It's not saying that 'only boys can fish', it's a man thinking, "I want a boy to go fishing with," then being thrilled when he doesn't get it because he gets a beautiful daughter.