Some research suggests that "[f]or some [people] the focus of sexual interest will shift at various points through the life span..." "There... [was, as of 1995,] essentially no research on the longitudinal stability of sexual orientation over the adult life span... It [was]... still an unanswered question whether... [the] measure [of 'the complex components of sexual orientation as differentiated from other aspects of sexual identity at one point in time'] will predict future behavior or orientation. Certainly, it is... not a good predictor of past behavior and self-identity, given the developmental process common to most gay men and lesbians (i.e., denial of homosexual interests and heterosexual experimentation prior to the coming-out process)." Some studies report that "[a number of] lesbian women, and some heterosexual women as well, perceive choice as an important element in their sexual orientations." COUNT 4
QSN1 Can a persons sexual interest change over different times in their life? ANS1 Some research suggests that "[f]or some [people] the focus of sexual interest will shift at various points through the life span QSN2 Until 1995 what had no studies done concerning sexual orientation? ANS2 longitudinal stability of sexual orientation over the adult life span. QSN3 What can possibly predict the future orientation a persons sexual idenity? ANS3 . [the] measure [of 'the complex components of sexual orientation as differentiated from other aspects of sexual identity at one point in time'] QSN4 What do some lesbian woman see as important part of the sexual orientation? ANS4 choice