A product of experience

I firmly believe our sexual orientation and feelings are a product of a highly complex process of human experiences and development. The roots of this developmental process are found very early in childhood. There may well be some genetic component, which influences the way we develop sexually, but even this is difficult to determine for sure. We are born with up to nine months of experiences within the womb, and as part of our mother's body we have probably received messages (positive and negative) about ourselves and the environment from our mother's emotions.