Its funny to me that there are some saying that Storm bed hopping is not degrading. And saying or implying, or maybe I misunderstood, that her being multiple relationships at the same time is just fine and dandy. I mean really if your girl was with you then jumping on to the next guy, I think most of us would calk her a whore and throw her out on her ass. In school,college or whatever theres always that girl that sleeps around and while you may get down with her, you dont make her your girl. Then in reality how is she viewed by most? Part of the point being made here at least as I see it is that Storm has always been presented as a strong female character. To present her now as jumping into one relationship after another turns into a needy, and seemingly insecure person. As if in order to be relevant she must defines by a male character in the picture.
I think something that's important to think about is the double standard that exists when it comes to men and women's sex lives. Nobody seems to think that a man is degrading himself when he sleeps with multiple people and yet a woman is considered a slut.
If Storm chooses to have multiple partners, to me, it's her being a strong female character because she won't conform to the societal expectations that create that double standard and doesn't care what people think of her. She's choosing to take control of her sexuality instead of not doing something for fear of how others might see her, and that's the opposite of insecurity, I think. She doesn't need a man to define her, she just does what she wants.
In order for her to be degraded, by definition, she'd have to be doing something she felt like she shouldn't be doing, or something she didn't really want to do in the first place. But it seems to be other people who have a problem with what she is doing, not her or necessarily the people she's with.
The only reason it should be a problem for someone to be with multiple people is if they gave the impression to someone that they were exclusive, but that's just because it's lying to someone, and I don't think anyone is under the impression that they are in a monogamous relationship with Storm. Some people are just happier in non-monogamous relationships, and as long as everyone involved knows that's what's going on and are ok with it, there's nothing wrong with that.
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