What causes genital herpes?

any other causes other then sex? i know i didnt get it from sex because i never had sex

Sexual contact including that which does not result in intercourse can transmit the herpes virus.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/herpes_simp...
you can be born with it, or get it during oral sex, or even just kissing...my best friend got it from using a chapstick of a person who had it, and now she gets them all of the time!!
HSV type 1 most commonly infects the mouth and lips, causing sores known as fever blisters or cold sores. It is also an important cause of sores to the genitals.
HSV type 2 is the usual cause of genital herpes, but it also can infect the mouth.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1 out of 5 American teenagers and adults is infected with HSV-2. Women are more commonly infected than men. In the United States, 1 out of 4 women is infected with HSV-2.

Since the late 1970s, the number of people with genital herpes infection has increased 30 percent nationwide. The largest increase has been among teens and young adults.

TRANSMISSION
If you have genital herpes infection, you can easily pass or transmit the virus to an uninfected partner during sex.

Most people get genital herpes by having sex with someone who is shedding the herpes virus either during an outbreak or during a period with no symptoms. People who do not know they have herpes play an important role in transmission.

You can transmit herpes through close contact other than sexual intercourse, through oral sex or close skin-to-skin contact, for example.

The virus is spread rarely, if at all, by objects such as a toilet seat or hot tub.
http://www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/stdh...
I don't think you can get born with genital herpes.

And for the above person...herpes on your mouth is a different type. There is something called herpes simplex. That's a cold sore. There is also herpes zoster...that's shingles. And there is also herpes varicella...that's chicken pox.

Herpes is anything that is like a pustule blister skin irritation caused by the herpes virus. You can't get genital herpes from chapstick unless the person put chapstick on their crotch. You don't have to have sex, but you can pass it if you touch each other.

I don't think you can get it from oral unless you oralled yourself after oralling them. (and apparently from the above person, you can get it from oral)