A Twitter user and feminist by the name Samira Isimbi has expressed her great displeasure over how priests ask the groom to kiss the bride without asking for consent from her first.
The lady from North Cyprus claims that the phrase “You may kiss the bride” is heavily patriarchal since it is only addressed to the man and the woman is given no choice whatsoever on whether she wants to kiss the man or not.
The lady from North Cyprus claims that the phrase “You may kiss the bride” is heavily patriarchal since it is only addressed to the man and the woman is given no choice whatsoever on whether she wants to kiss the man or not.
Adding that the fact that the woman wants to marry the man doesn’t necessarily mean she wants to kiss him.
let both of them to participate in that action. (you may kiss each other)
— ISIMBI (@SamiraIsimbi) March 29, 2019
I have the issue with the sentence "you may kiss the bride" which is only addressed to the man not the woman.
what if she doesn't want to kiss him (which doesn't mean she doesn't want to marry him)
A huge majority of social media users heavily disagreed with the lady with some suggesting that the fact that a bride is aware they are getting married and understands the wedding procedure — which includes kissing — means she has already implied consent.
Here are some more responses to the bizarre post.
I mean they are getting married. Why would she have a problem with her husband kissing her? pic.twitter.com/qe9rmjY98u
— umupfumu utazwi🔮 (@ophelientiru) March 29, 2019
Oh my gosh!!!! Im done with these new feminists. Like damn! Everything is not an issue
— JustLikeCandi😘😘 (@SweetSting501) March 29, 2019
They are no longer fighting for equality. It’s now war against the opposite gender. May feminist not divide all of us ijn
— youwishh_bishh 🖕🏽🤨🇳🇬 (@queenkonggg_) March 29, 2019
like really? really? pic.twitter.com/TSmxwpML9s
— [a]ngel (@GRatsheko) March 29, 2019
Literally why would you not want to kiss your new husband. “I’ll marry you and love you but don’t touch me”
— Kelso (@KelseyRyan77) March 30, 2019
True, imagine thinking she wants to be kissed just because she decided to be married and how come we’ve never seen a female priest conduct weddings? This world is just against women, it needs to be changed smh.
— Chemical Brother 👌 (@chemicalbrodar) March 30, 2019
Stop. Your position is absurd. It's one thing to feel it is archaic to say "kiss the bride". But to suggest consent is required makes you look dumb. You should keep such idiocy to yourself.
— Bossy for Unborn Babies (@LiveWiseLifeNow) March 31, 2019