Conversation so far:
What criticism surrounded Alejandro Jodorowsky?
When Jodorowsky’s first feature film, Fando y Lis, premiered at the 1968 Acapulco Film Festival, the screening was controversial and erupted into a riot, due to its graphic content.
What criticism surrounded Alejandro and the making of El Topo?
Sady Doyle of Elle wrote that Jodorowsky has been teasing of an unsimulated rape scene in El Topo ... though he's described the unsimulated sex in that scene as consensual.
How was Alejandro Jodorowsky's controversial directing received by others?
Emily Asher-Perrin of Tor.com called Jodorowsky A man who seems to believe that rape is something that women 'need' if they can't accept male sexual power on their own.
Did Matt Brown say anything else that was critical?
Matt Brown of Screen Anarchy wrote Alejandro Jodorowsky is on the record in his book on the making of the film as having raped Mara Lorenzo while making El Topo.
What other controvery surrounded Alejandro Jodorowsky besides the filming of El Topo?
Alejandro Jodorowsky offered details in that same statement on the filming of the so-called rape scene, proclaiming that it would be impossible to commit such a crime.
Did anyone else have criticism against Alejandro Jodorowsky besides Matt Brown?
Sady Doyle of Elle wrote that Jodorowsky has been teasing the idea of an unsimulated rape scene in his cult classic film El Topo for decades...“
Were there other things besides the rape scene that added to criticism against Jodorowsky?
Is there anything that's interesting about Jodorowsky that hasn't been discussed yet?
Jodorowsky spent almost a decade reconstructing the original form of the Tarot de Marseille. From this he moved into more therapeutic work in three areas: psychomagic, psychogenealogy and initiatic massage.

Question: what was the response to that statement?
Self-contained rewrite: What was the response to Alejandro Jodorowsky's statement regarding the rape controversy?