I agree with them, as long as they're aiming for equality and not superiority. Women have been at a disadvantage for thousands of years, that can't be denied by a rational person. Even today men usually make more money doing the exact same job.I can't think of a non-patriarchal society off the top of my head. Traditionally men have provided income and women have taken care of kids/taken the role of a housewife. Which has led to all sorts of unhappy situations. Let's say you're female and you're married with kids. 15 years after that your marriage falls apart, and if you've been a housewife for that long, you have almost no work experience, presumably the child will stay with you and you're out of luck if your spouse is not financially capable(even though courts generally favor women in the event of a divorce) and willing to pay any sort of maintenance. As long as you're human you can get screwed, but it is easier if you are a woman, I think. In modern western society, however, they can use that fact to their advantage. Almost any man can get his life pretty much ruined if any female accuses him of raping or trying to rape her(using an extreme example to get the point across). He could be the greatest guy to have ever lived, treated everyone with due respect and never did anything wrong, yet any girlfriend/ex/whatever can ruin his life if she so chooses to. Even if he is proven innocent, the social stigma would stay. At least that'd be my guess.
My view is that anything that men do women should be allowed to do as well. The very fact that this is not a universal view is unsettling. I don't consider any gender to be superior in any discernible way, each have their strengths and their weaknesses.
I can't say I've spoken to any real feminists either, but I'm usually very respectful towards females and I've never had any serious problems with them. They're human, I treat them as such, and for the most part we get along just fine. I get along with reasonable people very well - skin color, ethnicity or gender don't matter. I know for a fact that I've met females that are smarter than me, and I've also met several that could probably kick my ass if it ever came to that(a lot of guys have real trouble accepting that thought, but train in any combat sport for long enough and you will see that there are girls better than you).