That desire for male approval is what underwrites a pick-me’s belief that somehow no other woman likes a specific thing, say, the NFL, the same way she does, with the same expertise or knowledge, and so she can only legitimately discuss it with men. So it follows: if she is the only woman who can “relate” to men and/or discuss this interest with them, then she is more likely to be “picked” by men. The reductive math is quite simple.
