I don't think the book is really awful, so I'm not defending something I think is bad.
Wasn't my intention, I just wanted to point out that not all female readers of the book found something objectionable about it. Same as the fact that there were probably male readers who found something offensive about it, as well as those who loved it. Though I guess inspiring discussions on whether something is offensive/scandalous/sexist/outrageous or not is what Wonder Woman is all about. She was promoting feminism and same sex relations between women in the 1940s after all.
Nobody is forcing these creators to execute this in such a bizarre way. They can tell a story where Hippolyta sleeps with a man without him being married and having a history as an abuser, or the man who threatened her with rape. In the Silver Age, Hippolyta's true love was some sailor named Prince Theno. Why not just have that mortal guy be her dad whose dead before the story begins and let that be the end of it? Or my idea to have Hippolyta and Hercules have consensual sex before their falling out...if they even need to go to war with each other at all. Make Theseus the bad guy and leave Herc alone.