But if women do in fact like it, then the man who wrote it was right about it being the type of man that women like, which makes "it feels like it was written by a man who thinks this is what women like" a meaningless statement. There is no reason to say that unless you think it isn't what women actually like.

Yes. It's as banal as saying "this painter painted the sky blue because they think other people see the sky as blue."