Shift in Sexual Orientation

Are you aware of the fact that there can be a sudden shift in orientation? They had a normal married life, I won’t say it was great. Rohina and Ajay were married for fourteen years and suddenly Rohina fell in love with another woman from her office and left her husband and decided to live with her girl friend.

Psychiatric disorders can bring about temporary shifts in sexual orientation and there was no disorder that was found. Sudden shift in sexual orientation is a unique phenomenon that has stumped the experts. Some experts on the other hand are of the opinion that there cannot be a sudden shift in sexual orientation it is just about when the opportunity manifests itself.

All of us are bisexual. If you remember the movie ‘Fire’ you will understand that Shabana Azmi and Nandita Das turn to each other after being rejected by their husbands. We have one chromosome from a man and one chromosome from a woman, so though we develop a certain orientation unconsciously in our growing years, it does not mean that the other is non-existent.

Bisexual men become homosexual very early in life. Women on the other hand remain heterosexual because of pressure from the family and society as a whole. When relationship becomes sour, attraction to someone of the same sex can occur.