I am happy to hear that lots of foreign guys are looking for a Filipina.
I am happy to hear also that lots prefer to find a filipina wife because of the culture and good heart of a filipina woman.
I am happy that there are lots of men out there will love a filipina wife and treat her with love and care.
IF it were only true.
I heard these sentiments when I was staying in the Philippines often, but, I think they are based on invalid statistical thinking. how many guys going to the Philippines? I contend that you would consider a "Lot" of guys as more than say 1 in 10,000. But in truth those who marry a filipina are about 1 in 50,000 Americans.
Who are these rare guys?
First lets say who they are not. Every country on earth has enough women for it's men with the possible exception of China. So we can assume that a person looking for a wife is far more likely to look for one near his own place. Further, those same guys are targets of women in their place as well, so, lets assume that far and away most normal guys will take a normal courtship rout, as expected by his own culture, when looking for a mate.
Who would look for a far away bride? Somebody who was a failure at normal courtships techniques/situations in his home country. Why was he a failure? Who, who knew his true history, would not reject him as he was rejected in his home country? What has changed so that traditional cultural courtship no longer serve these foreigners who look for filipinas? Perhaps these men need something that is unavailable or rare in his home place.
As to your last statement, I agree that of those foreign guys I know who married a filipina, the vast majority treated their wives with dignity and respect, who lived in the Philippines. Perhaps this is true as those guys were failures before and wanted to make changes to their lives. Perhaps they were just more mature and learned to respect their wives. Perhaps a cultural value exists in the Philippines where women earn the respect they deserve from their husbands. But...
Who this does not count are those guys who feel that a "mail order bride" is exactly the same thing as a "mail order slave". Who failed in their country because they had severe mental/emotional/social problems, and could hide them during the short in person courtship normal to those who plan to take a wife home with them. Perhaps, like me, they are socially inept, perhaps they are control freaks who "take care" of their wives by doing everything for them (or example buying 100% of their wives personal items like make up, underwear, clothes, food for the house). Stingy. Perhaps they are religious nuts, who get a big charge from preaching to people and they capture a parish by marrying one. Perhaps they are manic depressives who do not have a consistent emotional state. Perhaps they are actually insane but are high functioning. I have seen all of these examples as well in the Philippines.
If you consider common stereotypes of filipinas, you might have a better insight into the motivations of foreigners who seek them. For example some stereotypical Filipinas are; subservient; in poverty; willing to marry a far older guy; small stature; or religious; and as such guys who say they are looking for a filipina (rather than a woman) are, (subservient) men who have a problem with compromise or understanding opinion other than their own, (in poverty) guys who rather than give of themselves compensate by giving financial security or stingy and felt that controlling the money equaled to controlling the wife, (older guy) guys who want a second chance at a family, or, see women as sex objects, (small stature) latent pedophiles. There could be hundreds of other reasons or situations and this depends on the thinking of those guys involved.
I have met many filipinos WITH one, but can't remember any foreigner saying he actually went to the Philippines to find a person with a good heart. Family oriented, yes. Traditional Christian, yes. Accepting/tolerant, yes.
But I would say that most guys are looking for a woman, from anyplace, with a good, honest, heart.