The poster you're responding to is dispensing advice on how to handle and escape from predators. Accusing them of victim shaming is wrong, and you're just siding supporting the predators by doing so. It's good advice.

"to is dispensing advice on how to handle and escape from predator"

No - his advice of 'applying assertion' is definitely wrong in this context, where the advice should be 1) leave or 2) bend like a reed in the wind and avoid avoid avoid. Reacting to antagonizing - even if the victim knew how to do it, would likely yield more blowback - and more likely, the victim would have no idea how to assert themselves.

The situation is not like 'physical assault' where you have nothing to lose from fighting back.

Inability to pushback is not a function of decision or character, it's a function of the crazy power dynamic.

If the victim had US citizenship, it would have been much easier to hold ground, for example.

Sometimes a bit of pushing back helps. A lot of people's bite is worse than their bite.

Plus some people are frankly bullies and if stand up to them you see their true colors, as cowards.

This is not like 'learn to defend yourself if you are physically attacked'.

In this scenario, I suggest the advice would be to:

1) Get Out.

2) 'Bend like a reed in Wind' and avoid avoid avoid. Do your job as well as you can, document, be careful with HR but do document that.

Confrontation in this scenario probably just leads to more antagonizing.

Sounds like the kind of person who wouldn't last long in jail. "Hey you really shouldn't let him steal your peach cobbler. You need to push back." and gets his ass shived nine times.

So Apple is like jail ? :-))