Maybe she isn't being punished and this is her way of fighting back. Or maybe she is so upset because these men sleeping with her and still won't publish her. Regardless of what the author intended when writing this poem, I think this poem can be interpreted in multiple appropriate ways. I think it is important to realize the time inwhich the poem was written, when it was published and the emotional state of the author when the poem was written. We are in a very male oriented world still, but slowly women are equaling out and learning that they don't have to give in to some men's sexual requests to get ahead.
Women have the power and ability to do it themselves.