{"id":5693,"date":"2020-08-10T09:17:36","date_gmt":"2020-08-10T15:17:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shaneco.com\/theloupe\/?p=5693"},"modified":"2020-08-10T09:18:15","modified_gmt":"2020-08-10T15:18:15","slug":"women-proposing-to-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shaneco.com\/theloupe\/bridal\/engagement-rings\/how-to-propose\/women-proposing-to-men\/","title":{"rendered":"Do Men Want to Be Proposed to?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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2020 has officially become the year of embracing a \u201cnew normal.\u201d From Zoom weddings<\/a> to best-selling albums<\/a> created completely in isolation, people all around are embracing new traditions and ways of being. The wedding industry is particularly full of traditions and norms, many of them with a long history<\/a> \u2014 including everything from wearing a veil<\/a> to \u201csomething borrowed, something blue.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps the most iconic marriage tradition occurs during the engagement: the groom-to-be getting down on one knee and asking his female partner to be his wife. This is a classic scene, likely originating back to the time of knights and dames<\/a>. Of course, anybody getting engaged today could tell you that this tradition is no longer universal. Not only is there same-sex marriage equality<\/a> to celebrate, but there is also evidence of some opposite-sex couples reversing the norms of these traditions as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to The Atlantic<\/a>, 97 percent of grooms in heterosexual couples reported proposing to their brides in 2019. But, the editors at The Knot<\/a> have also reported an uptick in women proposing to male partners in the stories shared on its sister site HowTheyAsked.com<\/a>. The editors attributed this to the \u201congoing trend of couples riffing on or outright rejecting wedding and engagement traditions in accordance with their own desires.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In fact, there\u2019s plenty of reason to believe more women are proposing to men than ever before. A 2018 Pinterest report<\/a> indicated that the number of people searching for \u201cwomen proposing to men ideas\u201d jumped 336% from the year prior.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Shane Co., we\u2019re all about shaking up traditions in the name of better partnerships. We also love analyzing new trends in the wedding industry, and it\u2019s clear that women proposing to men is going to continue to be a trend! For that reason, we decided to conduct a survey of 3,160 heterosexual American men in June 2020 to ask them their thoughts on being proposed to.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our questions covered areas like:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n