I was in the same "feminist= ack!" group till I started really understanding what feminism is. Yes, there are the die-hard man-hating feminazis, but there is more to feminism than that. I'm a huge fan of Margaret Cho and she is a great role model for what a feminist is and should be!
I'm not saying all women are equal in, say, the area of professional football or anything like that. There are some things men are better at than women. That's just biology. But as far as the working world... we can do anything a man can do. So there!