Your comment made me realize that in this case, I felt no empathy at all for this woman.  Normally, I find it too painful  to watch any human being in a humiliating situation, even if it's just an actors pretending, and in something I've seen already.  I'm the kind of guy who goes out of his way to trap a bug and release it outside.  It's odd to realize I've crossed the point of no longer feeling empathy for an entire group of people, and I don't even feel bad about it.  It's their fault for being such shitty people, not mine.