I though kind of the same thing, though all I know of Michelle is from the posts about the last few issues, so I don't know how sudden this is. I've been going back and forth about what it is I don't like about this scene, and I'm settling on being mad at Peter. What Chameleon did there doesn't stem from being a "smooth operator" or necessarily perceptive, he's just not blind enough to miss it, while Peter's a jerkface who's acting like Michelle has cooties or something.
The only thing that's really misogynistic is that they'd make Michelle dumb enough to go for Peter, because modern Peter really isn't worth it at all.