Maybe she just didn't see herself as a victim? Consent, language and culture are complicated. People in the US can describe a coercive experience like that with

Maybe she just didn't see herself as a victim? Consent, language and culture are complicated. People in the US can describe a coercive experience like that without automatically labeling it as rape or sexual-assault. Of course given the radio silence, his political power, and being 25 to his 65 at the time... that seems less likely.