But if you're looking for someone you can control and keep under your thumb (keep her at home so she never goes anywhere), that's an indication that you're living in fear. Fear, suspicion, and distrust are not ingredients for a good foundation to build a marriage relationship.
Look closely at the Proverbs 31 woman. She managed her household well and she was also a successful businesswoman. The heart of her husband trusts in her. Be a man of integrity, and ask God to send you a woman who is virtuous. You won't need to fear that she'll find another man.
Yes, but this is actually a rational fear based on rational reasons.
Adultery happens more often than not these days, and in every single demography, even the happiest churchgoing couples. And note that there has been also a major shift in the profile of the unfaithful, in the past they were mostly powerful men, but today, even a lot of housewives stray away. In fact I could say that in the latest years women have become more unfaithful in marriages than men. Which may be related as well to the fact that high school girls are already ruder, more problematic, and get drunk more often than their male peers. Even my mother suggested me at a point to stop thinking about marriage. These are all huge signs that times are getting very rough, for the good people who want to live in a godly marriage till death. And as such, I have to understand as a man the risks that marriage and women more probably than not could bring into my life for a long time and end it up in disaster, and therefore look for every way possible to minimize those risks. I hope you understand the meaning of risk minimization.
Then you will say just trust God and find a Proverbs 31 woman. The problem is that reality is not that simple, and there a lot of things to consider beforehand as well. When I turn to God, I'm pretty much turning the society into my enemy, with the challenges and consequences such a position would bring. Which means that serving God for my entire life will lead me into an eternal civil war against the world that will only finish with the end of my earthly life. The world would repeatedly attack me with its fire arrows, and I would have to defend myself with the strong thick shield of the Lord, and avoid the maximum number of arrows possible, which will not always be an easy task. Now guess what? My wife would have to do exactly the same as me, something which due to their nature the vast majority of women can't do. In her case, the war would be not only against the world, but basically against herself. The reason is that women are biologically programmed to seek social approval and mimic their peers. Which means that even if she initially attempts to "rebel" and be different from them, she will unconsciously grow to be more like them over time. It's hardwired in her nature, and the only way one can prevent this is either by entirely isolating her from society, or by inserting her into a very enclosed circle of like-minded people (the latter of which is sadly not always possible). Though of course, this will sound like a loud alarm bell to the world. Since this could bring me unnecessary additional problems, I have decided that instead of picking a woman from society and trying to disconnect her from her friends as our relationship consolidates, I will seek a woman who has voluntarily given up on it and decided to live within her bubble. And why? Because this way, none of us lose! Doesn't it sound like a fair deal? I don't harm her, she doesn't harm me.