The term stands for trans-exclusionary radical feminist, and it’s used by critics to denounce views seen as transphobic or unwelcoming to trans women. Forstater considers herself a women’s rights activist. She has said she’s 「concerned that governments around the world are rushing through laws and policies which say that people with male bodies can become women simply by identifying as women,」 and is alarmed 「at the rapid mainstreaming of the idea that female people no longer need a name, or specific civil rights protections,」 without consideration for the impact this will have on women and girls, and on single-sex spaces, services, and sports.
這個詞代表反變性的激進女權主義者，批評家們用它來譴責那些被視為厭惡變性或不歡迎變性女性的觀點。福斯特認為自己是女權主義者。她說她是「擔心,世界各國政府紛紛通過法律和政策與男性身體說人們可以成為女人簡單地通過識別作為女人,」,警惕「快速主流的想法,女人們不再需要一個名字,或特定的民事權利保護,「不考慮這將對婦女和女童的影響,在單性空間,服務,和體育。