Table 7
Canadian Armed Forces Regular Force members who experienced targeted sexualized or discriminatory behaviours in the past 12 months, by gender and types of behaviour, 2016 and 2018

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Table 7
Canadian Armed Forces Regular Force members who experienced targeted sexualized or discriminatory behaviours in the past 12 months, by gender and types of behaviour, 2016 and 2018
Table summary
This table displays the results of Canadian Armed Forces Regular Force members who experienced targeted sexualized or discriminatory behaviours in the past 12 months. The information is grouped by Type of targeted sexualized or discriminatory behaviours (appearing as row headers), 2018, 2016, Men, Women and Total, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of targeted sexualized or discriminatory behaviours	2018			2016
	Men^{Table 7 Note †}	Women	Total^{Table 7 Note 1}	Men^{Table 7 Note †}	Women	Total^{Table 7 Note 1}
	percent
Inappropriate verbal or non-verbal communication	11.2^Note **	21.2^Note ***	12.8^Note **	13.3	26.1^Note *	15.1
Sexual jokes	9.8^Note **	14.4^Note ***	10.6^Note **	11.9	18.9^Note *	12.9
Unwanted sexual attention	1.6^Note **	11.6^Note ***	3.1^Note **	2.0	14.9^Note *	3.8
Inappropriate sexual comments	3.1^Note **	10.1^Note ***	4.2^Note **	4.1	12.1^Note *	5.2
Inappropriate discussion about sex life	4.1^Note **	10.5^Note ***	5.1^Note **	5.4	13.2^Note *	6.5
Sexually explicit materials	2.1	3.0^Note ***	2.3^Note **	2.2	4.1^Note *	2.5
Displaying, showing, or sending sexually explicit messages or materials	2.1	2.8^Note ***	2.2	2.2	3.9^Note *	2.4
Taking or posting inappropriate or sexually suggestive photos or videos of any Canadian Armed Forces members, without consent	0.1^Note **	0.4^Note *	0.2^Note **	0.3	0.4^Note *	0.3
Physical contact or suggested sexual relations	3.0^Note **	14.8^Note *	4.7^Note **	3.6	15.6^Note *	5.2
Indecent exposure or inappropriate display of body parts	0.9^Note **	1.4^Note ***	1.0^Note **	1.3	2.0^Note *	1.4
Repeated pressure from the same person for dates or sexual relations	0.4	5.6^Note *	1.2	0.4	5.6^Note *	1.1
Unwelcome physical contact or getting too close	2.2^Note **	12.2^Note ***	3.7^Note **	2.6	13.2^Note *	4.1
Offering workplace benefits for engaging in sexual activity or being mistreated for not engaging in sexual activity	0.1^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note **	0.9^Note *	0.2	0.2	0.9^Note *	0.3
Discrimination on the basis of sex	3.1^Note **	15.0^Note ***	4.9^Note **	3.7	16.0^Note *	5.4
Suggestions that a man does not act like a man is supposed to act or a woman does not act like woman is supposed to act^{Table 7 Note 2}	2.5^Note **	8.9^Note *	3.4^Note **	3.0	9.6^Note *	3.9
Someone being insulted, mistreated, ignored, or excluded because they are a man or a woman	0.9	10.1^Note ***	2.2	0.9	11.0^Note *	2.3
Comments that people are either not good at a particular job or should be prevented from having a particular job because they are a man or a woman	0.7^Note **	9.1^Note ***	1.9^Note **	0.8	9.9^Note *	2.1
Discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity	0.5	1.7^Note *	0.7	0.5	1.8^Note *	0.7
Someone being insulted, mistreated, ignored, or excluded because of their sexual orientation or assumed sexual orientation	0.4	1.6^Note *	0.6	0.5	1.7^Note *	0.7
Someone being insulted, mistreated, ignored, or excluded because they are, or are assumed to be, trans^{Table 7 Note 2}	0.1^{Note E: Use with caution}	0.4^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	0.2	0.1	0.4^Note *	0.2
Total	13.0^Note **	28.1^Note ***	15.4^Note **	14.9	31.4^Note *	17.2
^E use with caution Note * significantly different from reference category only (p < 0.05) Return to note * referrer Note significantly different from the estimate for 2016 only (p < 0.05) Return to note referrer Note * significantly different from the reference category (p < 0.05) and the estimate for 2016 (p < 0.05) Return to note * referrer Note † reference category Return to note † referrer Note 1 For 2018, includes gender diverse individuals and those whose gender was not stated. For 2016, includes members whose sex was not stated. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 The precise wording of this question changed between 2016 and 2018. Return to note 2 referrer Note: Includes those who experienced (targeted, directed at them personally) sexualized or discriminatory behaviours in the past 12 months. Includes behaviours which occurred in the military workplace and outside the military workplace involving military members (Canadian Armed Forces or foreign) and/or Department of National Defence civilians or contractors. Percent calculations include those who witnessed the behaviour but did not know if it was directed at them personally. Source: Statistics Canada, Survey on Sexual Misconduct in the Canadian Armed Forces, 2016 and 2018.

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Canadian Armed Forces Regular Force members who experienced targeted sexualized or discriminatory behaviours in the past 12 months, by gender and types of behaviour, 2016 and 2018

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Table 7
Canadian Armed Forces Regular Force members who experienced targeted sexualized or discriminatory behaviours in the past 12 months, by gender and types of behaviour, 2016 and 2018