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This post is a rebuttal to ex BB Naija star, Neo Akpofure's take on men kneeling to propose.

While it is a common saying that everyone can do what they like since it's their life but in reality, if everyone is allowed to do whatever they want the world will move backwards and things will be in chaos.

Back to the matter.
Let’s be honest: kneeling is not romance, it’s subjugation. Slaves knelt before masters. Subjects knelt before kings. Humans kneel before God.

So why are freeborn men kneeling before women in the name of love? 🤮

Marriage in Africa was never about kneeling. Our traditions saw marriage as partnership, legacy, responsibility. A man stood tall, invited a woman to join his journey, and both families built together. He never begged. He never humiliated himself.

But today, men drop to their knees with rings in hand, acting as though they are beneath the very women they are supposed to lead and protect. That’s not love, it’s weakness.

The so-called white wedding only makes it worse — imported rituals that turn men into clowns financing their own humiliation.

Truth is simple:

A man should kneel only before his Creator, never before a woman.

Marriage is a call to partnership, not subjugation.

A woman joins a man’s mission; she doesn’t become his master.

African men, reclaim your dignity. Stand tall. Lead with strength. Stop the madness of kneeling for proposals. It doesn't symbolize love but weakness and subjugation.

Cc seun nlfpmod Dominique

Well said, what I know is that I will never kneel before any woman in the name of proposing to her.

In my culture, its the woman that kneels.
So as a man when you decide to kneel and be proposing up and down, naa you sabi

Linkai447:
Well said, what I know is that I will never kneel before any woman in the name of proposing to her.

i don't know why we like copying everything from the west.

Kneeling for what? Na she go dey kneel for me steady.

I can’t kneel for one Kontus wey done service engine pass keke maruwa..I told my babe that once it’s time to propose,na for house I go drop ring for table,if you no accept my proposal then quietly carry your load go your parents house..

Kneeling depicts submission. A man was created to be the head (biblically and otherwise). Any man who kneels is weak and doesn't know his worth and value.

PerfectStranger:
Kneeling depicts submission. A man was created to be the head (biblically and otherwise). Any man who kneels is weak and doesn't know his worth and value.

Exactly