i don't agree. maybe that CAN happen, but not usually.

Well, I think it's highly possible.

I don't know. I'm not aware of any legitimate studies of the matter, although I don't necessarily understand the psychology.

Okay.

I don't think that's at all possible. You prefer a certain gender, and just having a bad experience won't turn you off from that gender and how you feel towards them. It's like if you're in a relationship with someone and they abuse you. If you leave them, is it going to turn you gay or straight? No. That's my opinion, anyway.

Okay.

Tbh, I'm not really sure but I've read japanese yaoi mangas that involves raping which in turn involves the one being raped turn from straight to gay/bisexual. Those are mangas are fictional, ofc, but still...

Based on wikipedia, "Rape is a type of sexual assault usually involving sexual intercourse, which is initiated by one or more persons against another person without that person's consent."

If you think about it, even if it's without the consent, if the one being raped somehow liked the feeling he/she had when he/she was being raped, then maybe it would in turn change his/her sexuality.
These are just theories of mine since a person's psychology is very hard to comprehend + I have no personal experiences regarding the topic at hand.

Also, missmichele meant that rape by the opposite sex.

@CrazyCatLady Calm yo tits, I was talking about the FICTIONAL mangas that I've read for Christ's sake. Also, did you read my entire post? As what it says, Rape is a sexual intercourse against a person without his/her CONSENT. Basing on that alone, let's say the rapist is a hot guy and he raped another guy and the guy somehow got attracted to the rapist and let's also say the rapist knows how to 'pleasure' his partner very well which in turn made the one being raped allowing the rapist to continue the sexual intercourse without saying a word. The one raped didn't show any signs of approval nor any disapproval but in the end, no consent was given so basically, IT'S STILL RAPE. My point is, we may never know how the one raped turned out to be in the end. Was he so disgusted or did he somehow like it that he's starting to question his sexuality (and even turn out gay if given a lot of thought and is proven with further 'experiments'). I don't know if this kind of thing has happened in real life but it's not impossible. Also, in the first place, I already said that it was just a theory of mine, Take it or leave it, honey. -_-

@CrazyCatLady Tbh, I would've dropped the argument with my last post because your ignorance is just unbelievable but I'd just like to clarify my side anyway. Fictional or not, THE POSSIBILITY IS STILL THERE. Seriously? I even stated an example but all you're going about is the fact that the source of me thinking about the possibility is from fictional comics. -_- Until you have an open mind about the opinion of others, I will not tolerate any more of your buffoonery.

@DandC Stop being butthurt.

This is a hard question but I think it's possible.
Depends on how bad trauma the rape or other bad experience causes.

I don't think that its possible. Perhaps it can turn a person off of having sex, but I don't believe that a rape or something can change a person's sexual orientation. Orientation is something that a person is born with. It is in nature, not nurture that that person comes by that, so an experience like rape doesn't change a person's orientation any more than it changes their eye color.

It can, however, turn a person off from sex, like I mentioned. If a heterosexual girl is raped by a man, she can be turned off from having sex with men, but that doesn't make her a lesbian. She might /think/ she's a lesbian because she doesn't have an attraction to men, but that is not the case, unless she was bi/pan/etc to start. If a lesbian is raped by a man, she may become less interested in sex with women, but would be no means suddenly start to like men. Both of these women are turned off from /intercourse/ now, but have not changed sexuality. This is a fear that is not in orientation, but a different issue entirely. If they want to have a healthy sexual life as adults, they should seek the help of a professional.

Of course at this point I've neglected men as a possible rape victim as well. Raping a gay man will not make him straight, and raping a straight an will not make him gay. The same applies as above.

Oh, wowee, I've said a lot... sorry! My psychology major comes out sometimes! ^^;;

I wouldn't have thought sexuality could actually be changed by a bad experience, but like chickenpanda221 said, it could put someone off of the gender of the person who was responsible for the bad experience. If a person is attracted to more than one gender, and they are raped by a person of one of their preferred genders, then perhaps they would not be comfortable getting involved with anyone of that gender for a while (depending on how much the experience affected them, this could last for a long time) and may concentrate only on the other gender(s) that they are attracted to.

It doesn't necessarily mean their sexuality has changed, though. Fear caused by trauma isn't the same thing as being naturally unable to be sexually attracted to certain genders.

I think chickenpanda221 explained it much better than I ever could!

Yes, I think so. As an asexual, I don't think it's offensive to say you've become asexual after an extremely traumatic event such as rape. Sexuality in some cases I think can be changed.