I often see people say "go radio silent for a week then act like nothing is wrong". Isn't this passive aggressiveness? You are on purpose denying your attention from someone in the HOPES that their outlook and perspective will change. How is this any different than a woman being upset and sitting there and pouting and refusing to talk?

Dread game in its entirety feels like passive aggressively attacking her idea that you care about her. If you were doing these things and it was just oblivious to you that it was happening that's one thing, but to on purpose seek out girls to flirt with in front of her or go silent to elicit a response seems the same as throwing a hissy fit. Am I missing context or something?