When I hear "feminist", I think of the women who fought for the right to vote, the right to work, the right to birth control and choice, and who are still fighting for equal pay.
I think this is part of the feminist image problem. The term "feminist" implies someone fighting for something the majority does not believe in, so they assume they are advocating an extremist position.
Most of the issues you listed are no longer considered modern day "feminist" issues
I disagree. The vote is pretty well secured, but the rest are still being fought to varying degrees. Men are still given preferential treatment in many, if not most, fields, the right to choose is under constant attack, and birth control is frequently not covered by medical insurance policies that cover drugs for erectile dysfunction.
But I think you may have hit on the issue -- people have a tendency to say, "Well, we're equal now, so stop asking for more."
so people assume they are supporting something else. Equal pay is still being fought, but it's not something the average person would strongly oppose.
As above -- IMO the reason equal pay isn't an issue on most people's radar is people simply prefer to BELIEVE that women are paid fairly.
You oppose the draft?
You've been awake for some portion of the past six years and think it's a good idea?
Personally, I'm willing to cut a bit of slack for the extreme feminists. Over-the-top though their value may be, they'll probably never have an ounce of the power that your average extreme religious fundamentalist has.
I'm also willing to suspect that some of them have good damn reason to feel the way they do.
Robert Anton Wilson said something in one of his books that went something like this:
He commented that he walked with a limp as a child because he'd had polio. He added that he wasn't frequently teased about it by other boys, but the girls were relentless -- and that this was because the boys knew he'd punch them in the mouth if they pissed him off, and the girls knew he wouldn't.
Years and years later, he commented to his wife that the reason extreme feminists said the things they did was because they knew nobody was going to punch them in the mouth.
His wife responded that the reason they said the things they did was probably that somebody HAD.