Thanks for the links---just to look at them is a pleasure
. Europe certainly has more varieties of commuter bikes and bikes for women.
Note that in Germany at least, plenty of men, especially older less flexible men, prefer to ride "women's" bikes because of the ease of mounting and dismounting the bike.
The alleged loss of frame strength/integrity of "women's" frames for typical riding is an urban myth propagated by the racing obsessed crowd. However this belief may explain why it is difficult to find such bikes in many U.S. LBS