I read it is because the symptoms for women are different and the medical books were written with only male patients as sample population. So women not only ignore their own symptoms but doctors tend to do it too.
Last time I saw some was on motorway stops in the middle of nowhere, where maintenance and especially repairs cost a lot. The squat toilets are less prone to clogging and easier and faster to clean so it was a choice between no toilets or squat toilets. That was years ago. I should stop and check one of those days to see if they have changed them to seats.
She listens, she doesn’t judge, she doesn’t push and even if she needs someone else to help her she is there when he needs help. That might not sound much, but that’s huge.
Right now it is trendy.