No, there isn't more to it than that. One party has power over the other. They don't get to entertain intimacy, whether or not they initiate.
The article mixes takes and facts and is entirely suspect. It's excusing behavior to vilify a perceived opposing tribe. Know what matters at the end of the day? Any modicum of accountability in a system with no oversight. Even if this one story is true, there are thousands more where the abused students do not spend their life grinding their axe. They just pick up the pieces and move on. Or kill themselves and/or their professor.
https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-ucla-shooting-2...
https://badgerherald.com/news/2021/04/27/toxic-tenured-profe...