I've seen the Brand programme and very disturbing it was, too. So I've taken time to think.. Let's not forget, I'm a man - but that might actually be an advantage here, in the 'Why do men do this ? ' area.
I take all of this personally as every time you get a Brand or the activists playing the cards they play, it makes it that much more difficult for men in general, just to get along - never mind forming relationships of any kind - with women.
The Russell Brand situation is, in my opinion, qualitiatively different to the attempt to deny media coverage to Roisin but Brendan O'Neill did point to one important parallel, that I have to pursue.
Namely, the idea of a man (or men) holding a position of power or influence over a woman, where they demand a compromise from that woman.
In Mr Brand's case, it is suggested that younger members of staff on tv productions were invited to loosen their morals and 'make themselves available' to him. The allegations suggest that he routinely took advantage of that.
In the Roisin situation, we have individuals who demand something a little more subtle - a kind of patronage relationship, in which they seek influence over her, shifting her focus away from 'I sing for everyone, about everything'.
Your Kylies of this world might be happy to go along with that, simply because she is actually a professional actress - first and foremost - rather like Margot Wotsername playing Barbie, it's a role. She'll be whatever you'd like her to be.
But Roisin's not having that - I'd suggest that, in a sense, the guys involved blew it because they tried to force her, coerce her, to do something they wanted her to do for them. When, all along, it was their job to do that, for themselves.
Meanwhile, Roisin met the obligation of making that statement but it was up to us, to do our job to back her up - and didn't we do well, as someone once said. With the support we've shown, she did that quite assertive Guardian interview.
As I've hinted before, there's a happy medium, where she does what she wants to do, you do your thing and the whole turns out to be more than the sum of the parts. Their Achiiles heel was wanting power over her.