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CMV: Feminism is wildly misinterpreted by its opponents

I always hear from opponents of feminism that toxic masculinity shreds up the essence of manliness, casts masculinity into some evil, etc. I hear counterpoints that men have their problems too (which is not a counterpoint as feminism embraces that). I think people do not understand that modern feminism is a social movement borne out of critical gender theory, which is a branch of critical theory that examines the social construction of gender. For instance, what makes a man, a ?man, or a woman, a ?woman?, and the non discrete relationship between their performative elements. Many issues revolving around modern woman-ness include the subjugation through reproductive obligations, division of labor within the family and society, access to capital and intergenerational wealth, political agency, etc. Of course modern feminists (who know what they are talking about) do not dispute the reality that mostly men are in the prison system, they endure harsher penalties from the state, have higher suicide rates, are employed in more dangerous work conditions, lose custody battles at higher rates, etc. But feminists include these issues in the construction of man-ness too, and academics actively study root societal causes for these issues. They advocate against them! So in my mind, there is no reason to not be a feminist other than avoiding a label that has been propagandized by its political opponents.