Do women tend to have longer legs and shorter torsos than men?
We seem to have a preference for proportionally longer legs (see comment here for a good summary around that study).  So when you are observing "pedestrians" they have probably tended to dress and comport themselves to skew your perception of their leg lengths.  Perhaps in your cultural environment females have a greater capacity and/or motivation to alter that perception than do men.

The reality is that adult female legs are on average proportionally shorter than those of men.  See, for example, this detailed 1977 U.S. Army study comparing body proportions in adults by gender.

For readability I would highly recommend this much broader survey of the subject, which contains not only clear illustrations of how proportions are measured but also an extensive survey of cross-cultural and historical variations: Leg Length, Body Proportion, and Health: A Review with a Note on Beauty.