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Table 1

Negative messages

Themes/messages identified in song lyrics	Connection to gendered leadership issue(s)
Women must exhibit traditionally male qualities to succeed as leaders
Women are encouraged to let their male partners make decisions for them	Many women feel pressured (or are coached) to sound more like men in meetings, to dress more like men (skirted suits in dark colors) and to overlook off-color jokes in attempts to fit in better with the guys and become accepted as a leader (Helgesen, 2020); Encouraging this practice feeds ambivalent sexism (Grubbs, n.d.)
Women must put on metaphorical armor to show how strong she is and wait until she is alone to cry. Keep emotions inside to be perceived as invincible and unstoppable	Women must keep their feelings and emotions to themselves and pretend to be cutthroat in order to be seen as a leader to her male counterparts (Dzubinski, Diehl, & Taylor, 2019)
Promoting a culture of exclusion
Ideas that are offensive to the LGBTQ + community (fetishizing lesbianism; portraying lesbianism as reactionary to rejection by a man).	These types of messages can reinforce and exacerbate alienation and discrimination based on sexual orientation and promotes a culture of exclusion rather than inclusion (Tulshyan, 2022)
Gendered issues in communication and promoting well-being
Men should not show emotion and are encouraged to deal with their problems with alcohol; Normalizing men being “tough”	Men are not encouraged to find ways to effectively communicate with women; Ignoring mental health issues
Women are depicted as jealous or obsessive in relationships	Women are stereotyped as emotional creatures; Much of our media today portrays women in relationships as “crazy,” likening their behavior when mistreated to genuine mental health issues (Hu, 2016)
A complete desensitization to sexism, misogyny and vulgarity, sometimes exacerbated by the artist’s easily accessible social media platforms. In those spaces, people often feel they can post what they want and dare anyone to challenge their opinion/voice	Personal and organizational communication has changed, and this affects gendered leadership issues

Themes/messages identified in song lyrics	Connection to gendered leadership issue(s)
Women must exhibit traditionally male qualities to succeed as leaders
Women are encouraged to let their male partners make decisions for them	Many women feel pressured (or are coached) to sound more like men in meetings, to dress more like men (skirted suits in dark colors) and to overlook off-color jokes in attempts to fit in better with the guys and become accepted as a leader (Helgesen, 2020); Encouraging this practice feeds ambivalent sexism (Grubbs, n.d.)
Women must put on metaphorical armor to show how strong she is and wait until she is alone to cry. Keep emotions inside to be perceived as invincible and unstoppable	Women must keep their feelings and emotions to themselves and pretend to be cutthroat in order to be seen as a leader to her male counterparts (Dzubinski, Diehl, & Taylor, 2019)
Promoting a culture of exclusion
Ideas that are offensive to the LGBTQ + community (fetishizing lesbianism; portraying lesbianism as reactionary to rejection by a man).	These types of messages can reinforce and exacerbate alienation and discrimination based on sexual orientation and promotes a culture of exclusion rather than inclusion (Tulshyan, 2022)
Gendered issues in communication and promoting well-being
Men should not show emotion and are encouraged to deal with their problems with alcohol; Normalizing men being “tough”	Men are not encouraged to find ways to effectively communicate with women; Ignoring mental health issues
Women are depicted as jealous or obsessive in relationships	Women are stereotyped as emotional creatures; Much of our media today portrays women in relationships as “crazy,” likening their behavior when mistreated to genuine mental health issues (Hu, 2016)
A complete desensitization to sexism, misogyny and vulgarity, sometimes exacerbated by the artist’s easily accessible social media platforms. In those spaces, people often feel they can post what they want and dare anyone to challenge their opinion/voice	Personal and organizational communication has changed, and this affects gendered leadership issues

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