Commentary for Kiddushin 106:3

חדא לפי שאין אשה רוצה וחדא לפי שאין שניהם רוצים ולא ידענא הי מינייהו אמר ר' ירמיה ניחזי אנן מעשר איהי לא ניחא לה משום טרחא דאורחא איהו ניחא ליה דניקני איתתא ממילא אלא הקדש תרוייהו לא ניחא להו דנתחיל הקדש על ידייהו

One [reason] is that the woman does not wish it;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Had she known what it was, she would not have accepted it as kiddushin, and therefore it is betrothal in error.');">⁴</span> the other, that both do not desire it. But I do not know which is which.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For which opinion he gave the first reason, and for which the second - The practical difference is this: where the first reason applies - if the woman explicitly declares that she had no objection, the betrothal is valid, and it may be assumed that the man too was willing.');">⁵</span>

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