Women can also propose marriage to men – Akumaa Mama Zimbi

It is uncommon to witness a woman proposing marriage to the man she loves in the Ghanaian society.

Many are of the opinion that the challenge in proposing love to someone of the opposite sex can be tricky and risky.

However, Sex therapist Akumaa Mama Zimbi has said proposing marriage to a man should not be an issue to women.

She told Bola Ray on the Starr Chat show on Starr FM, to propose to a man a lady claims to love isn’t primitive as society has made it to look so.

“Yes! Women can propose marriage to men as well… It’s very important. There’s absolutely nothing wrong if a woman propose to a man. When my husband met me, he proposed and I told him, I’ve heard but as time goes on, I told him I love you more. When a person tells you ‘I love you’ doesn’t mean he has married you.”

In the Ghanaian culture and tradition, it is the man who is expected to propose. The woman is expected to show initial resistance or ‘woman do’ before she gives in no matter how much she loves the man.

A woman who proposes to a man is seen as fast, pushy, cheap, desperate and worthy of love because she has given ‘scholarship’ to a man.

Mama Zimbi also disclosed that generally Ghanaian women are romantic but tradition has shut it.

According to her, the education needed before and during marriage are not given by parents.

The mother of six also stated that sex plays a very essential part in a successful marriage and urged women not to shy away from such conversations with their husbands.