Actually his comments towards feminists have been pretty conciliatory in many respects because in Amoris Laetitia he praised feminism as being something that is motivated by the Holy Spirit. 

In terms of the culture war aspect, i think we need to do a little bit of reflection on ourselves as well. The Pope from my point of view is wrong in his views on Gender and Sexuality. However I don't believe it or the culture wars are a topic that he wants to be the focus of his Papacy if he had a choice. He wants economic justice, and environmental justice, and workers rights and questions of war and peace to be the focus of his papacy. Which is why he said in an interview that issues like gay marriage, abortion and birth control should not be obsessions by the church. 

The way he sees it it's culture warriors(both liberal and conservative) in the West who force these issues to the forefront. There is some truth to what he is saying there.