Often fixed homosexuality is a reaction to a culture's excessive polarization of the masculine and feminine. They are promoted as extreme, limited, and rigid stereotypes rather than all-encompassing aspects of human potential. The softer qualities of manhood and the more focused qualities of womanhood are not adequately acknowledged and respected. Those who exhibit them are often seen as not being fully acceptable and are not allowed to simply be who they are. At an early age, many children are given the message that they must fit into their gender's sexual stereotype.
Boys often repress their softer traits, and girls, their more focused ones.
This has begun to change in society, but there is a long way to go. Young children who find their own gender's sexual stereotype unacceptable, unattainable, or both, might identify with the other. This is a factor in some homosexuality. Another factor can be unresolved rage toward the opposite sex. Where this is present, a child might reject that gender sexually.