My very first women's specific shorts were something like that. I figure they must have been designed by a guy who had never been within about 200 feet of a woman.

It was almost like they had taken "normal" padding, and had turned it around so that the part in front came right up to my abdomen ... when I sat on the bicycle it was almost to my waist. There was heaps of padding down the legs, which ended up bunching and causing more chafing than preventing it. And there was hardly any covering my sitbones. No, I did not have them on backward either.

Fortunately not all shorts are the same, and I've got several now which are much, much better.

Go ... try a bunch of different brands on until you find one that works for you.