Why was the "pick up artist" movement so popular in the mid 2000s to 2010s?

That’s certainly a bog standard take on the last 40 years of relationships.

I think it’s in error, because the root belief is that women don’t have an attraction to men in general. And I don’t think that’s true at the root. That the average man is worthless and a non-person is a very convenient belief to many people. The attraction is based on biology. Same as men’s attraction to women, or same sex attractions.