As a lover of country music, it's safe to say that the hit song "Different for Girls" by Dierks Bentley featuring Elle King has been blasting on the country music radio stations nonstop for the past few months. While the song may be great and sometimes a tear-jerker, the question remains "is it really different for girls?" . Here's a play by play of "Different for Girls" with the lyric's parallels.
She don't throw any t-shirt on and walk to a bar
She don't text her friends and say, "I gotta get laid tonight."
She don't say, "It's okay, I never loved him anyway."
She don't scroll through her phone just looking for a Band-Aid
It's different for girls when their hearts get broke/ they can't tape it back together with a whiskey and coke
They don't take someone home and act like it's nothing
They can't just switch it off every time they feel something/ A guy gets drunk with his friends and he might hook up
Fast forward through the pain, pushing back when the tears come on
But it's different for girls