Yep, sound advice, until she uses it against him in a harassment complaint. And if you think she won't you're dead wrong.
But this is where you are wrong. HOW can she use it against him? He has already notified management. All his co-workers know about the situation. Everyone is telling him to not make a big deal out of it, including management. So if he yells at her for her to STOP TOUCHING him, what could she possibly complain about? Management already knows she "started" everything AND his outburst is something SHE is doing.
Men need to stop being pussies and fear what a woman can do. Yes, there is a double standard. But in this situation, the OP has not indicated he STRONGFULLY told her to stop. His "confrontation" probably went something like this....
"Um, Sally, you know, it is flattering that you want to touch me, but could you please, pretty please stop doing it? It kind of makes me...um, feel, uncomfortable.."
"Sally, I told you this bothers me. Could you, not touch me anymore. Please Sally, I don't like being touched..."
INSTEAD OF.....
"Sally, WILL YOU STOP TOUCHING ME! I DON'T LIKE IT. IF YOU DON'T STOP DOING IT, THEN I WILL GO TO MANAGEMENT. WHY DO YOU KEEP TOUCHING ME? JUST STOP!"
Tone of voice plays a huge part. The OP already stated he is "quiet and passive", which means whatever he told her had ZERO force behind it. Yes, here is the double standard part. A woman may not forcefully give a strong tone of voice. However, if a man is PHYSICALLY more intimidating than the woman (body size), his tone of voice, a strong one, should do the trick. That is why the OP needs to be a MAN. This woman is not physically hurting him. This is not a case of "battered male" syndrome where he is physically abused and can't do anything physically back.
The OP also gave the description of her being ATTRACTIVE, meaning she is physically attractive to him. If a physically attractive woman is touching him, and he doesn't like it at all, then there may be other issues he has to worry about. Why am I pointing this out? If he left out the word ATTRACTIVE, then her physical look wouldn't be a part of this discussion. But he brought it in, so be prepared to deal with that aspect.
Sorry to be so "against" the OP, but let's review the facts:
1) The OP says he is a "quiet and passive" guy
2) An ATTRACTIVE woman is touching/tickling him and he tells a bunch of tickle fetishists this..
3) He doesn't describe what type of touching it is. For all we know it could be touching his knuckle on his hand
4) He went to management and they said "it is no big deal". In this day and age of lawsuits, the management doesn't seem concerned about this "touching"
5) His co-workers also told him to "not make a big deal" out of it. Another indicator that this touching is not as heinous as people think.
6) He has confronted her, but no real indication of how he presented it to her. He even says she shrugged it off. That means, he wasn't exactly taking a NEGATIVE tone with her.
This woman is not PHYSICALLY intimidating, nor PHYSICALLY hurting him. This is not "battered male" syndrome. If a "man" can't stop a physically weaker, and the woman is not physically harming him, then he does need to check the contents of his scrotum and tell this woman/bitch to stop touching him. Be a MAN. There is no reason in the world why this should continue. She can't go to management with a complaint unless he is physical with her or his choice of words is crude. Tell her to stop what she is doing loudly enough to the point of making a scene, she can't do anything. He already ran to management with the story. She doesn't have a leg to stand on.
MAN UP