There is no such thing as a Shut-Up Ring.

Men have agency. Fempill #4

Social media commonly refers to an engagement ring as a Shut-Up Ring when the man involved in the proposal did so while dragging his feet. I argue that there is no such thing as a shut-up ring because the man made a calculated decision to respond to the woman’s request for marriage, whether she made the request forcefully or not.

It is the result of over…