"One thing that the foreign brides have going for them is respect. Their cultures still teach that the wife is to respect the husband. Now it may not sound like much but to a man respect is everything. Just as a woman needs to be loved and seen as attractive in her husband's eyes a man NEEDS to be respected by his wife."
Guess what? Women need respect, too. You might recall Aretha Franklin singing a song about it. So would you rather have automatic respect because a woman has it instilled in her by her culture that men are superior (and can set you on fire if you anger them), or have respect from your wife because you've earned it, and she has yours because she has earned it? I know how my marriage works, at any rate. :)
She deserves respect because she is my wife. I deserve respect because I am her husband. The initial quantity of respect is not earned by anything more than saying "I do".
The problem is so many woman (and men I guess) wait for it to be earned before giving it. And then they wonder why their marriage sucks
So would you rather have automatic respect because a woman has it instilled in her by her culture that men are superior (and can set you on fire if you anger them)
Where do you get this stuff. In most traditional cultures (and I do not count any moslem culture as traditional) respect is given because that is what is due. Respect is not given out of fear.