That's funny. A woman thinking I'm a creep means she'll tell all her friends that I'm a creep. Which means they'll tell all their friends, and so on, until I can't show my face in public without half the people who see me going "That's the creep, stay away from him." Even people I don't know.

So no, risking that just to potentially talk to someone who enjoys the social aspect of human interactions is not worth it.

So you just talk to them and if you feel like they don't want to, you simply leave them alone.

Except they don't always make it clear when they don't want to talk. They might just silently resent you while being polite to your face, and then slander you to all their friends as soon as you're done talking.

That's part of the problem with the "Women aren't required to give you an overt rejection" mentality that I hear so much. And then they act like they're not expecting me to be a mind reader when they say "You shouldn't talk to women who don't want to talk to you; it's not their responsibility to tell you that they don't want to talk, but it's your responsibility to know." Feels like gaslighting.

You can read a lot from body language as well.

Nope, I'm on the spectrum, and I don't pick up on hints. Even if I get the idea that someone might be trying to drop a hint, I won't know what it means and I'll overthink it. It may mean "Wow, this guy is so cool, I hope he asks me out," or it could mean "Wow, this guy is such a creep, when will he stop talking to me?"

It can be really hard to tell, especially when they're trying to be nonchalant or subtle. Especially when I don't really intuit typical social conventions that other people seem to.

And if you talk to many women just for practice, it won't feel so strange or unusual to do it.

Nah, once I gain a reputation for "That guy talks to every woman in the place!" Then they'll double calling me a creep and avoiding me. It's not really the type of thing where "just get some practice and you'll improve."

I say all this from experience.