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..<answer>. [the] measure [of 'the complex components of sexual orientation as differentiated from other aspects of sexual identity at one point in time']</answer> 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."
What can possibly predict the future orientation a persons sexual idenity?
. [the] measure [of 'the complex components of sexual orientation as differentiated from other aspects of sexual identity at one point in time']