Why does a person get down on bended knee?

Marriage? Something else? What is the symbolism of doing so?

I've never been engaged or married, or asked a woman to get married, or been to a wedding, so the whole thing is a totally foreign concept and I don't see why the 'bended knee' bit is supposed to be important.

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Mamapolo2016 · F

I’ve never seen a man FORCED to kneel during a proposal.

zonavar68 · 56-60, M

@Mamapolo2016 Fair point - not that I've ever seen a real-life proposal take place. It's not really valid to base it only on proposals in films and on TV.

If a man *doesn't* do it though with the feminist cohort start labelling the man as sub-standard and not insubordinate enough? ;-)

Mamapolo2016 · F

@zonavar68 Some men are romantic and some aren’t. I would assume that if he’s proposing, they’ve known each other a spell.

A proposal isn’t a contract, it’s a request. If she finds it vital that he kneels, she can say no.

On the other hand, if he doesn’t kneel, it says something about him, yes. If she likes what it says, again, her choice.

Again, I have never seen nor heard “the feminist cohort” criticize a man for not taking a knee for a proposal.

Some women want to be worshipped (which is what it implies, kneeling). Some women want to be loved.