Originally posted by: Bryophyte
When women 'squat' over the toilet, it's not usually with their feet on the toilet seat. It's with their feet on the ground and their butts hovering above the seat. I don't know any women who do it with their feet on the seat. That would seem like a good way to end up with wet legs (either from peeing on them, or from the splashing toilet water.)
I think there may be some cultures that *do* stand on the seat to squat. My spouse works with a LOT of Indians, and he said that he thinks they might stand on the toilet when they are in the stall because he's seen shoe prints on the seat, facing the door, quite often.