Not sure if I'm late but has it been discussed whether Elliot was afraid of approaching women or he actually thought that women were supposed to approach him? It's hard to believe that someone could live till 22 years old and think that that's how people get girlfriends, even with autism. He went on PUAhate so he must've known about pick up but as far as I'm aware he never mentioned approaching any woman in his manifesto. Perhaps he approached one woman and failed and then concluded that it doesn't work.