I can definitely see an ace spectrum read for Tarvi (it's hard to say if it's intentional. The concept did exist back then and even came up in other genre books like Julian May's Many Colored Land, but whether McCaffrey herself did it on purpose is an open question). And I might have peeked ahead to see what happens with these two and...well yikes.

Maybe context will help, but then again, it's not like Sallah is alone on the list of Pern rapists.

I honestly think a much bigger deal should have been made about Kenjo, as then Bitra's later actions could be more of a surprise. Oh well.