There is a little truth in that, i think, but it's not the main point, according to my wife.
I think women just like clothes. Nice, fancy clothes. On other women, on men, on kids, whatever.
The main, sad point tho, is most women are *not* really attracted to the male himself, to the male body.
And i find this very, very odd indeed.
I know of 3 writers sites with a 99.9% female membership in the 1000's that have gobs of 'guy' pictures. The whole purpose is to flesh out characters, or have readers post what they think certain characters would look like.
Women DO like to look at men,
But not the parts men think they would like to look at....
and the biggest thing is they don't like doing it in public settings. Or having it 'pushed' on them....
And if their is a story charcter tied to it, all the better.
If it's something they can carry in their head, great. But we would be royaly miffed if some guy came to work in a speedo to show off his bod.
Clothes are status.
Nekkid in most countries/cultures means you're poor. It isn't sexy, it's starving.
Clothing....the fabrics, colors, styles etc can say so much about a person. So yeah, women love clothes. But it's cultural too.