humiliation

I guess I have had an inadequate definition in my head of "humiliation" (or humiliated). The only one I knew was related to shame or loss of self-respect,
but this one is interesting, from the Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies (!) website: "Humiliation is when you are put down and feel hurt because you deem being put down as a violation."
http://www.humiliationstudies.org/whoweare/humiliationdefinition.php
That helps clarify the news stories in which people refer to themselves as being humiliated after strip searches or other problems. Still, I think in a lot of those cases (such as the one following), rather than feeling shamed, what I'd be feeling is litigious.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_airline_quadriplegic
Why should the passenger feel humiliated due to someone else's incompetence (not having the correct seat belt extension or taking the time to check on the situation)?

I like Glee, but this may be better

Perks, the musical, an online series. Pilot here:
http://perksthemusical.com/?p=2066

Interesting quotation from one of their links:
"Mommy bloggers are so influential that they are second only to fanboys when it comes to being the Internet’s demographic of choice these days."