Table 10
Canadian Armed Forces Regular Force members who experienced targeted sexualized or discriminatory behaviours in the past 12 months, by types of behaviour and impacts of behaviours, 2018

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Table 10
Canadian Armed Forces Regular Force members who experienced targeted sexualized or discriminatory behaviours in the past 12 months, by types of behaviour and impacts of behaviours, 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 Impacts of behaviours (appearing as row headers), Total sexualized or discriminatory behaviours, Sexualized behaviours, Discriminatory behaviours, Total sexualized behaviours, Inappropriate verbal or non-verbal communication, Sexually explicit materials, Physical contact or suggested sexual relations, Total discriminatory behaviours, Discrimination on the basis of sex, Discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, Men and Women, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Impacts of behaviours	Total sexualized or discriminatory behaviours^{Table 10 Note 1}		Sexualized behaviours								Discriminatory behaviours
			Total sexualized behaviours^{Table 10 Note 2}		Inappropriate verbal or non-verbal communication^{Table 10 Note 3}		Sexually explicit materials^{Table 10 Note 4}		Physical contact or suggested sexual relations^{Table 10 Note 5}		Total discriminatory behaviours^{Table 10 Note 6}		Discrimination on the basis of sex^{Table 10 Note 7}		Discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity^{Table 10 Note 8}
	Men^{Table 10 Note †}	Women	Men^{Table 10 Note †}	Women	Men^{Table 10 Note †}	Women	Men^{Table 10 Note †}	Women	Men^{Table 10 Note †}	Women	Men^{Table 10 Note †}	Women	Men^{Table 10 Note †}	Women	Men^{Table 10 Note †}	Women
	percent
Avoided or wanted to avoid specific people at work
Never	77	33^Note *	79	36^Note *	81	37^Note *	85	46^Note *	67	35^Note *	60	37^Note *	62	38^Note *	33	24
Sometimes	16	40^Note *	15	39^Note *	14	41^Note *	9	33^Note *	24	40^Note *	26	40^Note *	25	40^Note *	43	48
Always	7	27^Note *	6	25^Note *	5	22^Note *	6	21^Note *	10	25^Note *	14	23^Note *	13	22^Note *	24^{Note E: Use with caution}	28
Negative impacts on personal or social life
Never	86	58^Note *	88	63^Note *	89	63^Note *	89	63^Note *	84	66^Note *	72	53^Note *	74	54^Note *	46	33^Note *
Sometimes	10	29^Note *	9	27^Note *	9	28^Note *	8	22^Note *	14	23^Note *	19	32^Note *	18	32^Note *	42	42
Always	3	13^Note *	2	10^Note *	2	9^Note *	3^{Note E: Use with caution}	15^Note *	3^{Note E: Use with caution}	10^Note *	8	15^Note *	9	14^Note *	13^{Note E: Use with caution}	25^Note *
Stayed or wanted to stay away from specific locations on the base, wing, or formation
Never	87	55^Note *	89	57^Note *	89	59^Note *	91	57^Note *	83	60^Note *	73	59^Note *	75	60^Note *	53	41^Note *
Sometimes	9	30^Note *	8	28^Note *	8	28^Note *	6	25^Note *	13	27^Note *	17	27^Note *	16	27^Note *	31	32
Always	4	16^Note *	3	14^Note *	3	14^Note *	3^{Note E: Use with caution}	18^Note *	4^{Note E: Use with caution}	13^Note *	10	14^Note *	9	13^Note *	15^{Note E: Use with caution}	27^Note *
Stayed or wanted to stay away from the gym on the base, wing, or formation
Never	92	73^Note *	93	75^Note *	94	75^Note *	92	66^Note *	89	79^Note *	84	75^Note *	85	77^Note *	64	58
Sometimes	6	18^Note *	5	17^Note *	5	18^Note *	6^{Note E: Use with caution}	21^Note *	9	14^Note *	11	17^Note *	10	17^Note *	23^{Note E: Use with caution}	24
Always	2	9^Note *	1	8^Note *	2	8^Note *	Note F: too unreliable to be published	13^{Note E: Use with caution}	2^{Note E: Use with caution}	7^Note *	6	7	6	7	13^{Note E: Use with caution}	18^{Note E: Use with caution}
Avoided or wanted to avoid the mess
Never	90	66^Note *	91	67^Note *	92	67^Note *	89	64^Note *	87	69^Note *	80	68^Note *	81	69^Note *	66	48^Note *
Sometimes	7	23^Note *	6	22^Note *	6	23^Note *	6	19^Note *	9	21^Note *	12	20^Note *	12	20^Note *	18^{Note E: Use with caution}	28^Note *
Always	3	12^Note *	3	11^Note *	3	10^Note *	4^{Note E: Use with caution}	16^Note *	4	10^Note *	8	11^Note *	8	11^Note *	16^{Note E: Use with caution}	25
Missed work or worked fewer hours (i.e., left early or arrived later)
Never	93	81^Note *	95	85^Note *	95	86^Note *	93	79^Note *	92	85^Note *	85	78^Note *	86	80^Note *	70	63
Sometimes	5	14^Note *	4	12^Note *	4	12^Note *	5^{Note E: Use with caution}	11^Note *	7	11^Note *	11	16^Note *	10	15^Note *	22	20^{Note E: Use with caution}
Always	1	5^Note *	1	4^Note *	1	2^Note *	Note F: too unreliable to be published	9^{Note E: Use with caution}	Note F: too unreliable to be published	4	4	6^Note *	4	5	Note F: too unreliable to be published	17^{Note E: Use with caution}
Avoided optional work-related social functions
Never	84	56^Note *	87	60^Note *	87	59^Note *	88	61^Note *	81	64^Note *	71	52^Note *	72	53^Note *	45	35
Sometimes	10	29^Note *	9	28^Note *	9	29^Note *	8	23^Note *	12	24^Note *	17	31^Note *	16	31^Note *	35	32
Always	5	15^Note *	4	13^Note *	4	12^Note *	4^{Note E: Use with caution}	16^Note *	7	12^Note *	12	17^Note *	12	16^Note *	20	33^Note *
Negative emotional impacts (i.e., feelings of depression, anxiety, fear, or anger)
Never	82	48^Note *	85	56^Note *	86	56^Note *	87	56^Note *	79	61^Note *	66	42^Note *	66	43^Note *	43	30^Note *
Sometimes	13	34^Note *	12	30^Note *	11	30^Note *	8	24^Note *	16	26^Note *	23	39^Note *	22	39^Note *	39	41
Always	5	18^Note *	3	15^Note *	3	14^Note *	4^{Note E: Use with caution}	19^Note *	5	13^Note *	12	19^Note *	12	18^Note *	17^{Note E: Use with caution}	29^Note *
Difficulty sleeping
Never	90	69^Note *	92	74^Note *	92	74^Note *	92	66^Note *	88	77^Note *	78	66^Note *	78	67^Note *	57	46
Sometimes	7	20^Note *	6	17^Note *	6	17^Note *	5^{Note E: Use with caution}	18^Note *	8	14^Note *	15	23^Note *	14	22^Note *	29	32
Always	3	11^Note *	2	9^Note *	2	8^Note *	3^{Note E: Use with caution}	16^Note *	4	9^Note *	8	12^Note *	8	11^Note *	13^{Note E: Use with caution}	22
Loss of trust in chain of command
Never	82	55^Note *	86	62^Note *	86	61^Note *	86	65^Note *	82	72^Note *	65	50^Note *	65	50^Note *	47	35^Note *
Sometimes	11	25^Note *	9	23^Note *	9	25^Note *	9	15^Note *	12	17^Note *	18	26^Note *	18	26^Note *	31	33
Always	7	20^Note *	5	15^Note *	5	15^Note *	5^{Note E: Use with caution}	20^Note *	6	11^Note *	17	24^Note *	17	23^Note *	22	32
Loss of trust in unit
Never	85	61^Note *	88	66^Note *	88	66^Note *	85	66^Note *	83	73^Note *	68	55^Note *	68	56^Note *	46	41
Sometimes	9	22^Note *	8	21^Note *	8	21^Note *	8	15^Note *	10	17^Note *	16	24^Note *	16	23^Note *	35	29
Always	6	17^Note *	4	13^Note *	5	13^Note *	6	19^Note *	6	10^Note *	15	21^Note *	15	20^Note *	19	30^Note *
Overall impact
Never experienced any of these impacts^{Table 10 Note 9}	70	24^Note *	73	27^Note *	75	29^Note *	77	33^Note *	59	24^Note *	50	24^Note *	51	24^Note *	21	18^{Note E: Use with caution}
Stated 'sometimes' for at least one of these impacts	18	41^Note *	17	40^Note *	16	40^Note *	14	39^Note *	26	44^Note *	26	41^Note *	25	41^Note *	38	41
Stated 'always' for at least one of these impacts	12	35^Note *	10	33^Note *	9	32^Note *	9	28^Note *	14	32^Note *	25	35^Note *	24	35^Note *	41	41
^E use with caution F too unreliable to be published Note * significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05) Return to note * referrer Note † reference category Return to note † referrer Note 1 Includes experiencing (targeted, directed at them personally) at least one type of sexualized or discriminatory behaviour. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 Includes experiencing (targeted, directed at them personally) at least one type of sexualized behaviour. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3 Includes sexual jokes, unwanted sexual attention, inappropriate sexual comments, and inappropriate discussion about sex life. Return to note 3 referrer Note 4 Includes displaying, showing, or sending sexually explicit messages or materials, and taking or posting inappropriate or sexually suggestive photos or videos of Canadian Armed Forces members, without consent. Return to note 4 referrer Note 5 Includes indecent exposure or inappropriate display of body parts, repeated pressure from the same person for dates or sexual relations, unwelcome physical contact or getting too close, and offering workplace benefits for engaging in sexual activity or being mistreated for not engaging in sexual activity. Return to note 5 referrer Note 6 Includes experiencing (targeted, directed at them personally) at least one type of discriminatory behaviour. Return to note 6 referrer Note 7 Includes suggestions that a man does not act like a man is supposed to act or a woman does not act like a woman is supposed to act; someone being insulted, mistreated, ignored, or excluded because they are a man or a woman; and 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. Return to note 7 referrer Note 8 Includes someone being insulted, mistreated, ignored, or excluded because of their sexual orientation or assumed sexual orientation, and someone being insulted, mistreated, ignored, or excluded because they are, or are assumed to be, transgender. Return to note 8 referrer Note 9 Includes respondents who answered questions about each of the listed impacts (approximately 89% of respondents who had experienced targeted sexualized or discriminatory behaviours). Return to note 9 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. Percent calculations exclude missing responses. Source: Statistics Canada, Survey on Sexual Misconduct in the Canadian Armed Forces, 2018.

Date modified:: 2019-05-22

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Table 10
Canadian Armed Forces Regular Force members who experienced targeted sexualized or discriminatory behaviours in the past 12 months, by types of behaviour and impacts of behaviours, 2018

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Table 10 Canadian Armed Forces Regular Force members who experienced targeted sexualized or discriminatory behaviours in the past 12 months, by types of behaviour and impacts of behaviours, 2018

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Table 10
Canadian Armed Forces Regular Force members who experienced targeted sexualized or discriminatory behaviours in the past 12 months, by types of behaviour and impacts of behaviours, 2018