This is something men need to get through their thick skulls, because it seems like even a lot of incels don't understand this. Even some incels think "i-if you don't approach women i-it means you're a fucking vo-volcel!!" when that's not how it works at all.
If a woman finds you attractive, she drops you signs, she fucking bumps into you intentionally, she chats you up and touches you, she makes sure she sits next to you in class, all that shit. Women approach the guys they severely like, they fucking approach Chads all the time. Women will even go to the dancefloor and rub their ass on Chads junk to get his attention. I think this "women don't approach" is the biggest lie sold to men that they somehow need to be proactive or they are volcel, when that's not how it works at all. If a girl would like you, then you would know it. She would make sure you know. YOU CAN'T JUST APPROACH A WOMAN AND MAKE HER LIKE YOU. THAT'S NOT HOW IT WORKS.
This lie is just promoted now by redpill pua cucks who want to sell you some cringe pickup artist lessons, or by toxic women who get enjoyment from rejecting men. PUA is unironically extremely dangerous to men, because being rejected is very harmful to the persons psyche, especially if it happens dozens or even hundreds of times. Don't fall for this grift, because it is unironically dangerous. These toxic women might even think that guys are pussies if they take the rejection personally
Women say they prefer confident guys who approach them, but somehow you have guys who approach hundreds of women without a single woman liking these guys. Because they don't care. Approaching can even make you look desperate.
If a woman likes you and finds you attractive, she approaches you. That's how women operate, when they see Chad they go after him.