Why do women take a passive while men take an active role in dating?

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It does not make any sense that girls would wait passively for potential suitors to approach and pick them as a girlfriend. Women want to make sure to breed with the best male possible but if they just act passively then isn't their dating pool completely out of their control?
Please explain to me why men evolved to be active and women evolved to be passive in dating.