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What qualifies as an insult is also determined both by the individual social situation and by changing social mores.

Thus on the one hand the insulting ' obscene invitations of a man to a strange girl can be the spicy endearments of a husband to his wife '; on the other hand, the male gaze may be insulting in and of itself to a feminist, whereas a post-feminist might note more discriminatingly how ' his eyes took me in ... at least he didn't look at me offensively ; and believe me, if you're a woman who works in a bar, you can tell the difference between an evaluation and an eye fuck '.

Or a post 2011 / 2012 anti-corruption, pro justice worldwide revolutions / riots / protests / civil disobedience era male may find it insulting in having someone having used spin and suggesting that he has ' fucked ' someone with his eye, when clearly he hasn't, with said female assuming a position of authority, should that be solely based on her gender, regardless of individual talent, to expect him to respectfully listen to her ' more discriminatingly ' made comments.