Howard Segal asks:
it seems from the mishna that a woman can be acquired against her will since koneh would have been the preferable language ?
please advise
Chaim
The Kollel replies:
The Gemara states explicitly on 2b that a Kidushin cannot take place against the will of the woman.The Gemara learns this from the fact that the Mishanah says ha'Ishah Niknis and not ha'Ish Koneh. We see that the expression Niknis denotes that the woman agrees to the Kidushin. The Ran (on the Rif) explains that this is because the expression ha'Ishah Niknis implies that the Kinyan Kidushin is dependent on the woman, whereas if the Mishnah would say ha'Ish Koneh this would imply that the Kidushin is dependent on the man.
Dov Freedman