As painful and destructive as they are, the hateful comments allow us to map the underlying beliefs of many people in a way we've never been able to before. It's almost as if all of the negativity and misogyny needs to come to the surface so we can fully understand what it is, and how deep it goes, before we can begin to shift it. Of course, I wish it weren't there.

There is a very personal price to public humiliation, and the growth of the Internet has jacked up that price.

As far as our culture of humiliation goes, what we need is a revolution. Public shaming as a blood sport has to stop.

Do you want me to answer that?

Let's acknowledge the difference between speaking up with intention and speaking up for attention.

Sure, my boss took advantage of me, but I will always remain firm on this point: it was a consensual relationship. Any 'abuse' came in the aftermath, when I was made a scapegoat in order to protect his powerful position.

And understandably so, that when you're in legal jeopardy, you really cannot put yourself in a position to open yourself up to the media.