IDK I feel if you're at a point where you're proposing marriage to a woman, you should know her well enough and your communication should be good enough to be able to trust whether she's being honest or not about what she wants in a proposal/ring. I think telling men "it's likely that your soon-to-be fiancee is lying to you" is not the best message to give someone who wants to join their life to someone forever.

If women are lying to the men in their lives about their proposals, then that's on them. Not on the men for trusting their fiancees to be honest with them. Honesty is a bare minimum in a marriage.

From your article you seem to assume that all the people who responded to your ring/proposal story with "but I like my ring/proposal better" were lying and secretly wanted what you have. But as I said in my comment, I doubt that's the case. So if the whole premise of this article (that most women who say they don't want a big ring/fancy proposal are lying) was apparently based on your experiences with "jealous" friends/family, and it turns out they weren't actually jealous, then the argument that "most women lie" is unfounded.

Of course your end message that you should make your partner feel comfortable to express their true wishes is important. But I just think it goes a bit far when you basically say "assume that this ISN'T already the case in your relationship".