Table 3
Students at Canadian military colleges who personally experienced unwanted sexualized or discriminatory behaviours in a postsecondary setting in the past 12 months, by type of behaviour and gender, 2019


Table 3
Students at Canadian military colleges who personally experienced unwanted sexualized or discriminatory behaviours in a postsecondary setting in the past 12 months, by type of behaviour and gender, 2019
Table summary
This table displays the results of Students at Canadian military colleges who personally experienced unwanted sexualized or discriminatory behaviours in a postsecondary setting in the past 12 months. The information is grouped by Type of behaviour (appearing as row headers), Men, Women, number, percent and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of behaviour MenTable 3 Note † Women
number percent 95% confidence interval number percent 95% confidence interval
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Total unwanted sexualized or discriminatory behaviours 480 33 29 38 220 56Note * 49 64
Unwanted sexualized behaviours 450 31 27 35 200 52Note * 45 59
Inappropriate verbal or non-verbal communication 440 31 27 35 180 47Note * 40 55
Sexual jokes 400 28 24 32 150 40Note * 32 48
Unwanted sexual attention, such as whistles, calls, etc. 60 4 3 6 90 24Note * 19 31
Inappropriate sexual comments about their appearance or body 90 6 4 9 90 25Note * 19 32
Inappropriate discussion about their or someone else's sex life 200 14 11 17 90 23Note * 17 30
Sexually explicit materials 70 5 3 7 40 10Note * 6 16
Displaying, showing, or sending sexually explicit messages or materials 70 5 3 7 40 10Note * 6 16
Taking or posting inappropriate or sexually suggestive photos or videos of them without consent Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Physical contact or suggested sexual relations 130 9 7 12 110 28Note * 21 35
Indecent exposure or inappropriate display of body parts in a sexual manner 30 2 1 4 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Repeated pressure from the same person for dates or sexual relationships Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 60 16 11 22
Unwelcome physical contact or getting too close 100 7 5 10 80 22Note * 16 29
Being offered personal benefits for engaging in sexual activity or being mistreated for not engaging in sexual activity Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender or gender identity 180 13 10 16 130 33Note * 27 41
Suggestions that they don't act like a man or a woman is supposed to act 170 12 9 15 90 23Note * 17 29
Being insulted, mistreated, ignored, or excluded because of their gender Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 60 16 11 22
Comments that they are not good at or should be prevented from being in a particular program because of their gender Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 70 17 12 24
Being insulted, mistreated, ignored, or excluded because of their sexual orientation or assumed sexual orientation 40 3 2 5 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Being insulted, mistreated, ignored, or excluded because they are or are assumed to be transgender Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
... not applicable
F too unreliable to be published
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Note: Includes postsecondary students at the Royal Military College of Canada (RMC) in Kingston, Ontario and the Royal Military College Saint Jean (RMC SJ) in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec who experienced (targeted, directed at them personally) unwanted sexualized or discriminatory behaviours in the past 12 months. Includes behaviours which occurred in the postsecondary setting, including on campus, off campus (if they occurred during travel to or from school, during an official or unofficial event organized by someone affiliated with the school, or during paid or unpaid employment, or during on the job training) or online (where some or all of the people responsible were students, teachers or other people associated with the school). The categories "women" and "men" include cisgender and transgender women and men. Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10; percent calculations are based on unrounded estimates and include missing responses. Respondents were able to provide information on multiple incidents; therefore, percentages do not add to 100. Confidence intervals should be interpreted as follows: If the survey were repeated many times, then 95% of the time (or 19 times out of 20), the confidence interval would cover the true population value. Confidence intervals for proportions are shown, and are available for numbers upon request.
Source: Statistics Canada, Survey on Individual Safety in the Postsecondary Student Population.
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