Certainly a pain in the lower back.. Maybe there was some reason we're not aware of that lighting went the other way.
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Reducing the chance of damaging the lighting controller? Bent pins, shorted outputs and static discharge risk is all reduced by putting the female connectors on the controller.
Similarly on an audio mixer the connectors that are more likely to be disconnected/reconnected regularly and left with a loose connector laying around to be accidentally touched/zapped (input lines) has the female connector.
That may not have been the original intent they are some of the benefits you get.