Table 11
Canadian Armed Forces Regular Force members who witnessed sexualized or discriminatory behaviours in the past 12 months, by gender, actions taken, and reasons for not taking action, 2018

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Table 11
Canadian Armed Forces Regular Force members who witnessed sexualized or discriminatory behaviours in the past 12 months, by gender, actions taken, and reasons for not taking action, 2018
Table summary
This table displays the results of Canadian Armed Forces Regular Force members who witnessed sexualized or discriminatory behaviours in the past 12 months. The information is grouped by Actions taken and reasons for not taking action (appearing as row headers), Inappropriate verbal or non-verbal communication, Sexually explicit materials, physical contact, or suggested sexual relations, Discrimination on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity, Men , Women and Total, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Actions taken and reasons for not taking action	Inappropriate verbal or non-verbal communication^{Table 11 Note 1}			Sexually explicit materials, physical contact, or suggested sexual relations^{Table 11 Note 2}			Discrimination on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity^{Table 11 Note 3}
	Men^{Table 11 Note †}	Women	Total^{Table 11 Note 4}	Men^{Table 11 Note †}	Women	Total^{Table 11 Note 4}	Men^{Table 11 Note †}	Women	Total^{Table 11 Note 4}
	percent
Actions taken and type of actions
Took action in at least one instance	43	49^Note *	44	38	50^Note *	40	43	59^Note *	46
Talked to the person(s) responsible for the behaviour	89	83^Note *	88	78	70^Note *	76	85	83	84
Talked to the person(s) targeted by the behaviour	35	37^Note *	35	44	39^Note *	42	42	39^Note *	41
Reported to someone in authority	12	21^Note *	14	25	33^Note *	27	16	23^Note *	18
Stepped in and separated those involved	10	9	10	13	12	13	11	6^Note *	10
Created a distraction to stop the situation	20	26^Note *	21	13	16^Note *	13	13	14	13
Asked others to step in as a group and stop the situation	4	6^Note *	4	5	8^Note *	5	4	5	4
Sought advice from someone	10	19^Note *	11	16	26^Note *	18	12	17^Note *	14
Contacted the Sexual Misconduct Response Centre	0.8	1.4^Note *	0.9	1.9	2.7^{Note E: Use with caution}	2.1	1	Note F: too unreliable to be published	1
Contacted a Canadian Armed Forces support line	0.7	0.9^{Note E: Use with caution}	0.7	1.5	Note F: too unreliable to be published	1.4	1	Note F: too unreliable to be published	1
Contacted the Military Police	1.1	2.0^Note *	1.2	4.8	4.9	4.7	1	Note F: too unreliable to be published	1
Contacted the civilian police	0.2^{Note E: Use with caution}	Note F: too unreliable to be published	0.2^{Note E: Use with caution}	0.7^{Note E: Use with caution}	Note F: too unreliable to be published	0.7^{Note E: Use with caution}	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published
Sought help outside of the Canadian Armed Forces	0.7	2.0^Note *	0.9	1.6^{Note E: Use with caution}	Note F: too unreliable to be published	1.8	2	2^{Note E: Use with caution}	2
Other	8	7^Note *	8	16	8^Note *	14	12	8^Note *	11
Actions not taken and reasons for not taking action
Did not take action in at least one instance	84	83	84	76	69^Note *	75	74	67^Note *	72
No action was needed, did not think it was serious enough	80	70^Note *	78	67	47^Note *	63	67	47^Note *	63
Fear of negative consequences for those targeted	3	7^Note *	4	5	13^Note *	6	5	11^Note *	6
Did not think it was their responsibility	2	1	2	3	4	4	4	3	4
Those responsible were at a higher rank	6	10^Note *	6	7	12^Note *	8	9	14^Note *	10
Fear of negative personal consequences	5	12^Note *	6	8	20^Note *	10	10	19^Note *	12
Knew others were taking action	6	8^Note *	6	10	11	10	8	10^Note *	9
Asked not to take action by those targeted by the behaviour	4	6^Note *	4	5	8^Note *	5	4	6^Note *	4
Did not know what to do	2	5^Note *	3	5	11^Note *	6	5	10^Note *	6
Other	19	18^Note *	19	23	21	23	22	23	23
^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 sexual jokes, unwanted sexual attention, inappropriate sexual comments, and inappropriate discussion about sex life. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 Includes displaying, showing or sending sexually explicit messages or materials; taking or posting inappropriate or sexually suggestive photos or videos of Canadian Armed Forces members, without consent; 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 2 referrer Note 3 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; 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; 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 3 referrer Note 4 Includes gender diverse individuals and those whose gender was not stated. Return to note 4 referrer Note: Includes those who witnessed (saw or heard) 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. Excludes behaviours that respondents heard about from someone else (e.g., something that a friend confided in them). Percent calculations exclude missing responses. Source: Statistics Canada, Survey on Sexual Misconduct in the Canadian Armed Forces, 2018.

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Table 11
Canadian Armed Forces Regular Force members who witnessed sexualized or discriminatory behaviours in the past 12 months, by gender, actions taken, and reasons for not taking action, 2018

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Table 11 Canadian Armed Forces Regular Force members who witnessed sexualized or discriminatory behaviours in the past 12 months, by gender, actions taken, and reasons for not taking action, 2018

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Table 11
Canadian Armed Forces Regular Force members who witnessed sexualized or discriminatory behaviours in the past 12 months, by gender, actions taken, and reasons for not taking action, 2018