Sorry I'm a bit late to the party, but I'd been wanting to drop by for a while.
A while back, we used to have a gentleman in his 50's here who would regularly sing the praises of dating and trying to marry young, submissive Asian women. If a man is wanting to do that, it's totally his choice, but I also think that while many men are dreaming of a "feminine", "delicate", "womanly" woman, it's also important to keep some realities in mind.
I'm no expert, but I've been around several relationships in which the men went after "more womanly" foreign brides, for the very same reasons stated in this thread.
One of the things that caught these men off guard is that I don't think they anticipated some of the extra costs involved. Yes, family is VERY important in such cultures. Therefore--are you prepared to support not just her, but her entire family? In some of these cultures, especially Asian, you will be expected to support her ties to her family, and to possibly directly support her other family members as well.
This may or may not include: regular visits back to her home country to see her family (doubly so if you have children, which her family will of course, want to have close ties with); supporting her parents and younger siblings if she has them; and, when her parents get older, you may be expected to either bring them to your home country to care for them or move to her country to look after them for the time they have left.
I've heard many men talk about how terrible it is to have to pay for a woman's dinner--I'm wondering how they'd feel about paying for her entire family. But the reality can easily be lost in the fantasy of finding a "real" woman in an exotic country.
I was raised here in the USA, and I've never been ashamed of that fact. I come from a country in which, yes, women are seen as weaker and delicate, meaning, that for whatever her reasons were, my birth mother placed me in a cardboard box and left me on a curb, because the social norm there is to get rid of an unwanted child by any means possible, not raise him or her as a single mother, which would be completely disgraceful.
Well at least the government has found a way to make use of unwanted kids--by pretty much putting putting them up for sale via adoption. Gotta love those Asian countries with good old-fashioned family values!
The US definitely has its flaws and weaknesses. But I'm proud to at least live in a country where a good number of women (and men) are at least strong enough to choose to raise children themselves instead of literally throwing them away. Even women who don't have children of their own often take on the task of raising other young family members (yes, I know this happens in Asian countries as well but my point is, here in the US, many women are raised to be strong enough to raise others, as well as financially supporting them.)
I was talking to a woman at work today whose hobby (and I know several other women who love this as well) is redesigning antique furniture and remodeling houses. She's redone her own house from the inside out, is completely self-taught, and is thinking about taking it up as a second job or part-time business. And yes, for this kind of work, when you're hauling things like tables, sinks, and lumbar, a "feminine" car (what would that be exactly... a pink Smart Car?) just isn't going to cut it.
Most people today are not finding their potential spouse until later on in life. This means that we all have to spend several years fending for ourselves until (or if ever) we should meet that special someone. This would mean getting an education and a job, and if you're going to do that, you're going to have to take on a stance that apparently some men will find "unfeminine".
Most women (and I'm sure many men as well) I know have undergone some kind of sexual harassment in their daily lives--most often, at their jobs--and I, for one, always strive to be strong enough to stand up to wrongdoing, whether against myself, or others who have "weaker", more "delicate" personalities.
As much as I've love to spend my life in a tower waiting for someone to rescue me, I personally believe that the most "womanly" thing I can do in the meantime is to get out, learn as much as I can, and become a strong, capable, fully independent adult. I'm certainly not saying that women in foreign countries are any less; I just like to keep things balanced by throwing in a few reality checks.
This is just my own personal point of view, but I believe that God made the Proverbs 31 woman to be an active help mate... and not a passive lap dog.