It's not quite as damning in the context of the whole article, talking about how gender roles pervert and skew people's ideas on sex. Bodice rippers, especially the ones coming out in that era, aren't really renowned for their love interests asking for the consent of their protagonists. Like it or not, there's always going to be women who fantasize about being ravished by a handsome man who takes what he wants, and such a thing being taboo would probably only intensify those feelings. Thing is, though, those fantasies are ultimately in control of the women fantasizing about them. This whole thing reads more of a "gotcha!" rather than addressing the larger point brought up in the article, though bringing this back on topic, I'm sure there's some angry nice gals fuming about how dare he even suggest that a woman has some sort of forbidden fantasy about being raped.
Besides, it's not like he's gone around and gotten really, really handsy with multiple women and girls, kna'mean?