Let's acknowledge the difference between speaking up with intention and speaking up for attention.
Monica LewinskyTry and have neutral compassion toward the perpetrator. Step outside the sting of the incident and realize that this person is trying to erase their own inadequacy or unhappiness by transferring it to you. It won't make the incident go away, but it's one thing you can do to reduce the pain.
Monica LewinskyI, myself, deeply regret what happened between me and President Clinton. Let me say it again: I. Myself. Deeply. Regret. What. Happened.
Monica LewinskyOvernight, I went from being a completely private figure to a publicly humiliated one. I was Patient Zero.
Monica Lewinsky