Not true. While you may not see an actual clit in an R rated movie, I have seen movies that showed women with completely shaved pubes and the movies were rated R, not NC-17. "Knocked Up" (written/directed by Apatow himself) featured very close up shots of a completely shaved vag during the birth scene. Whether or not it was the real thing is debated to this day, but it looked very realistic to the point that I don't think the MPAA would've known the difference and still gave it an R rating.
If that one isn't real or not real enough for you, check out the movie "Code 46" (2003). It showed a close up shot of a completely shaved (and definitely real) vulva for a good 5 seconds. The movie was rated R, not NC-17.
The movie "Anything For Love" (also referred to as "Just One of the Girls" - 1993) showed full frontal female nudity, including a completely shaved vulva in the girls locker room scene. The movie was rated R, not NC-17.
The movie "8 MM 2" (2005) by far featured the most full frontal female nudity I've ever seen in an R rated movie. Most of the entire second half of the movie had full frontal female nudity all over, including showing a couple totally shaved girls. There is an "unrated" version that showed more, but the R rated version still showed a couple girls who were totally shaved.
Hostel (2005) had brief full frontal female nudity, and showed a girl completely shaved (albeit, it was brief and from a distance), but nonetheless, the movie was R rated, not NC-17.
Zombie Strippers (2008) had brief full frontal (and completely shaved) female nudity, rated R not NC-17.
There are other movies out there that showed girls completely shaved down below and managed to get an R rating, not NC-17. I forgot the names, but one of them was a girl at a mental hospital I think it was. She was fighting off doctors and nurses and falls to the ground, all the while, she was completely nude, and shaved down below, vulva was visible. Rated R, not NC-17.
Another movie showed a girl on her knees on a bed, with her legs slightly apart, and you can clearly see she was shaved there since her vulva was visible. Rated R, not NC-17.
I'm sure there are more out there, so I don't know where you got the notion that a completely shaved vulva is an automatic NC-17. If they can show male parts, and male parts are very external and visible, and still manage an R rating, I don't see why female parts would be given an automatic NC-17.
The question then becomes, why are some movie makers adding fake pubic hair on females if they can get away with showing it shaved and still manage an R rating? You'll have to ask them, but my guess would be they also believe this myth that a completely shaved vulva is an automatic NC-17. The above movies show that this is untrue.
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