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Yes, because I view it as part of being a socialist. Uniting the working class means uniting ALL of the working class, and we can only do that through mutual respect and acknowledging and trying to remedy existing biases.
Unfortunately liberal feminism co-opted the movement at the mainstream level and has used it to legitimize the status quo. The fact that there are TERFs or people who call themselves feminists but support capitalism, which impoverishes women, and imperialism, which kills women around the world is insane. It clearly shows that those people don't actually understand or care about bigotry. At best they want to make their own lives better and at worst they use it as cover to justify those things.
So yeah. I'm more than happy to associate myself with anyone willing to fight for equality, not so much girlboss "feminists."
EDIT: Also on a personal level, I think something people misunderstand about feminism is that it's not JUST for women. Men are also hurt by the patriarchy. The flip-side of the societal expectations for women to be passive, emotional, and attractive homemakers is for men to have the pressure of working outside the home, exposing themselves to violence in wars, suppressing emotions and self expression because those are associated with being feminine and if women are lesser, then that also makes them lesser, hence transphobia and less extreme versions of gender policing.
Feminism is good for men too. It's good for trans people. It's good for non-binary people. It's good for anyone who doesn't fit the rigid expectations society has burdened them with since birth. Even if you consider yourself to be a heterosexual cis man, do you never feel stifled by people not taking your emotions seriously or looking down on you for having them? Do you not wish that you could stay home and see your kids more?
Even for purely selfish reasons men should want to be feminists.