I don't believe it is cognitive dissonance, at all, to recognize what she did to herself and the city, and to also recognize that women in these situations almost always come out the worst for them.

In the two stories done on her, I didn't see anything begging us to elicit sympathy for her, rather to paint a realistic picture of the outcomes of these type of affairs. To often when a lot of folks read these things, they feel as if they have to take sides. Guess what? You can actually think more deeply about something than that. I know, surprise, right?