Feminism, Schmeminism

One of the names people like to call me on social networking sites, which I find extremely irritating, is a feminist. Why does this bother me? Isn’t feminism a good thing? I mean, it’s basically a social responsibility movement bent on giving men and women should have equal social, political, and economic rights (Texas accent here, please) in the face of the law. That makes sense. By that cultural standard, I guess I am a feminist. But when people say it, a lot of time they mean it with the connotation of a bra-burning angry lesbian. They make it sound like a conservative versus liberal thing, or a dirty liberal cause. I am concerned with none of all that. I loves my menfolk. I like the way they keep things generally straight-forward. Most of the time they use their words properly; they say what they mean instead of lying to you or telling you they don’t know what they want when they do (like we chicks oftentimes do. Can I get an amen, fellas?!). So why does calling a feminist often come off as an insult? Like, I’m being called some kind of countercultural butch crazy person? Or, why do I take it that way? I think it must be because some people really are sexist, still. But really, guys: not me. I don’t even want you to shave your chests. Ever. K? That settled? So why do you think feminism became a bad thing, at least in one connotation or another? Do we have a social responsibility to stand up for women’s rights still, or is it moot in today’s world?