I don't have particularly strong opinions on feminism, but it's many things to many people. You've listed two of those things, but both seem like good character

I don't have particularly strong opinions on feminism, but it's many things to many people. You've listed two of those things, but both seem like good characterisations of different aspects. I don't think he's criticising the academic aspect that analyses the power dynamic between men and women, I think he's criticising the everyday aspect that caused a woman to feel so offended when he asked her out that she cut off all contact with him and then told his friends he was being a jerk. Him choosing that specific aspect might itself be a weak man.