It's a sad reflection of our time that it appears impossible nowadays to take such a comment with the grain of salt that it was meant to be taken with: as a metaphor for academic prostitution for sensationalism at the cost of those who suffer from that exact sexual violence that is expressed by the term.
But yeah, the twitter mob is more interested in their own language hygiene - and the construction of a sexual assault against participating elements of this preposterous dramatic play - than in meaning, intellectual insight, or the fate of those who are genuinely oppressed.