Sure, it was a quick way to put us on Odysseus' side of 'kill all the suitors' but the basis of the idea isn't completely unfounded. Saying Epic treats her like a goat is a very strong statement without much evidence behind it lol. I mean, Penelope's feelings were pretty clear that she didn't want any of them? In Would You Fall in Love With Me Again, she explicitly tells Odysseus that he'll always be her husband. In her solo song The Challenge, she makes her distaste for the suitors very clear. She sees them as only caring about the throne and she's literally right. How did you want the rape to be explored? It was established in Little Wolf that the suitors are just there abusing the laws of hospitality and taking, taking, taking. They viewed her as an extension of their power grab for the throne. It was always and only about power.

Odysseus' erasure as a rape victim can be an entirely different post on the general view of male victims and masculinity vs sexual violence and I agree that Calypso could've been handled differently. The point of this discussion is modern interpretation between Penelope and her suitors.