I think it's fascinating how men give themselves the right to decide about rights on women's bodies. Dictatorship at it's finest. No, not talking about the decision on abortion of your baby!
I call this book "Everything you wanted to know about Libras, but were afraid to ask". Pechorin is a trua Libra for me. Being a Libra, Lermontov is said to base the character on himself, but for me it is pretty obvious.