Kristen Bell, Britney Spears and More Female Stars Who Proposed to Their Significant Others

Shutting down the patriarchy! A man doesn’t have to be the one

who pops the question — and there are many female

stars who have taken control and proposed to their significant others.

Dax Shepard originally proposed to Kristen Bell in 2009,

but the pair chose to wait on getting married until marriage equality existed in the U.S.

When the Supreme Court ruled in favor of same-sex marriage in June 2013,

the Good Place alum asked the former Parenthood star to marry her via Twitter.

daxshepard1 will you marry me? Xo #marriageequality #loveislove,”

she tweeted at the time, to which he responded,

the Good Place alum asked the former Parenthood star to marry her via Twitter.