*G* I think I would not have had the vehement reaction I did if Team Yay Peter in class didn't take it as a given that a) Clarissa was unhappy and unfulfilled *and* contributed nothing to society, b) that she would have been if she'd gone off with Peter instead, and c) that in order to be a fulfilled person, one has to embrace unfettered bohemia. They were as dismissive of everything Clarissa could and did do as Peter was and that irked me so much I just ended up arguing with them on every point.