Why don't women pop the question?

[hunt4genetics]

We are a few days away from 2009.
forget the lack or jet packs and flying cars, why is it not very common for women to propose to men?


If a women ever proposed to me,
I would take her last name.

It's only fair.


what do you guys and ladies think?


Peace.

 

[Pinball Wizard]

I had a woman propose to me back in the '80's...sorta...she wanted to know if I wanted to get married...otherwise,

... she was gonna marry this other dude.

I appreciate a first round choice/pick...but, I had to pass it up.

 

[Iron_Lion]

I think certain gender-roles are just so far embedded in genetic code they take place in a certain way without thought. I guess you could possibly take this subject back to the cave men, when the woman of choice was clubbed over the head and dragged back to the cave. I'd kind of be put off if a woman got down on one knee and offered me a ring. For lack of better terminology I'd feel like the "bitch", very demasculating.

 

[iLLperception]

women don't pop the question because the man needs to feel like it was his choice

 

[arcticsun]

and a woman needs to be the center of attention

 

[LiLWaynE]

Women could and often do propose. Proposals are nice as a formality, but most good marraiges emerge out of a mutual discussion between both parties.

i think women are naturally emotionally ready for marriage, where as its not so common for men....women understand this

in some african tribes, women propose and the man cannot say no....


LW

 

[bagseed77]

wifey asked me , or we discussed it, shes the bread winner and im a house husband, and im ok with that

 

[SomeGuy]

I've been proposed to twice.

Both were actually more like threats in the form of "crap or get off the pot." I politely declined both offers and am really glad I did because we weren't really all that compatible and both women ended up marrying someone else and ended up divorcing them.
I'm WAY too selfish to get married.

 

[accessndx]

in some african tribes, women propose and the man cannot say no....

So you're telling me if I find myself in an African tribe, and this gal pops the question I can't say no?!?!?!:

 

[cbf]

So you're telling me if I find myself in an African tribe, and this gal pops the question I can't say no?!?!?!:

That safety pin in her ear is great as a poker tho, and roach clip!.

 

[accessndx]

Yeah, I hate to be a d00sh...but I kind of draw the line at chicks that look like Ferengi or Nosferatu. Even if they have a cool roach clip accessory!!!

 

[EatShitake]

Meh...forget the jet packs, flying cars, AND proposing women. You think after all this time we'd have figured out a cure for women's chronic mood swings and general feminine condition and/or our inability to be anything but helpless to them.

 

[BACKCOUNTRY]

Women are typically more "needy" of love and affection than men typically are, not to say men don't need to be loved, its just more likely a woman will be willing to give it, and commit to one person.
Having the man ask proves he wants her love and devotion, and willing to commit, if the woman does it she will look too eager, and may be majorly putting herself on the line. Its the natural balance of human mating I think.

 

[GET MO]

My girl been askin me to marry her for 5 years....

 

[Psychosativa]

Hey, they propose a lot, but only to very attractive men and/or rockstars and/or rich men

 

[GMT]

because the proposer has to buy the engagement ring, and women would rather be bought for than buy.

 

[Pops]

Women do not propose because they have to manipulate men to propose. It is in their secret handbook!

 

[FRIENDinDEED]

if women proposed then they'd be considered a SUCCUBUS, but now that i think about it, arent they all?

women dont propose out of tradition. its in the same way that women "feel" as though the wedding is all about them. and men arent that "thus and so" about too many things in their lives, so women take it over.

now taking a womans last name just because she proposed is a bit much for me. for me that would equate to checking your sack at the alter once you say i do. next thing you know, theyll want to start carrying men over the threshhold as well!!. . . . .i guess that part would be kinda nice, once you think about it. . .

 

[Pinball Wizard]

the third time I got married...I heard something go 'snap'...it was my brain.

 

[hunt4genetics]

I refuse to believe that in almost 2009 women will not propose. If so ..... they are full of "ish" and the femanist movement is CGI i----it's straight fiction.


What do you enstragen types think?
peace