Table 12
Canadian Armed Forces Regular Force members who witnessed sexualized or discriminatory behaviours in the past 12 months, by rank, actions taken and reasons for not taking action, 2018
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Actions taken and reasons for not taking action | Inappropriate verbal or non-verbal communicationTable 12 Note 1 | Sexually explicit materials, physical contact, or suggested sexual relationsTable 12 Note 2 | Discrimination on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, or gender identityTable 12 Note 3 | |||||||||
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Junior NCMTable 12 Note 4 | Senior NCMTable 12 Note 4 | Junior Officer | Senior Officer | Junior NCMTable 12 Note 4 | Senior NCMTable 12 Note 4 | Junior Officer | Senior Officer | Junior NCMTable 12 Note 4 | Senior NCMTable 12 Note 4 | Junior Officer | Senior Officer | |
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Actions taken and type of actions | ||||||||||||
Took action in at least one instance | 35 | 57 | 49 | 62 | 33 | 55 | 48 | 65 | 38 | 57 | 54 | 63 |
Talked to the person(s) responsible for the behaviour | 84 | 92 | 91 | 90 | 76 | 79 | 75 | 69 | 81 | 88 | 87 | 86 |
Talked to the person(s) targeted by the behaviour | 38 | 36 | 31 | 32 | 40 | 47 | 41 | 50 | 40 | 46 | 36 | 38 |
Reported to someone in authority | 13 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 21 | 31 | 34 | 40 | 16 | 23 | 16 | 17 |
Stepped in and separated those involved | 11 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 6 |
Created a distraction to stop the situation | 24 | 14 | 25 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 15 | 11 |
Asked others to step in as a group and stop the situation | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
Sought advice from someone | 13 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 11 |
Contacted the Sexual Misconduct Response Centre | 1Note E: Use with caution | 1 | 1Note E: Use with caution | 1 | 2Note E: Use with caution | 2Note E: Use with caution | Note F: too unreliable to be published | 5Note E: Use with caution | 1Note 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 |
Contacted a Canadian Armed Forces support line | 1Note E: Use with caution | 1 | Note F: too unreliable to be published | 1Note 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 | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | 2 | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published |
Contacted the Military Police | 1 | 1 | 1Note E: Use with caution | 2 | 2Note E: Use with caution | 7 | 6 | 15 | Note F: too unreliable to be published | 1 | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published |
Contacted the civilian police | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | 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 | 1 | Note F: too unreliable to be published | 1Note E: Use with caution | Note F: too unreliable to be published | 2Note 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 | 2 | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published |
Other | 9 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 18 | 14 | 22 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 11 |
Actions not taken and reasons for not taking action | ||||||||||||
Did not take action in at least one instance | 92 | 72 | 82 | 68 | 83 | 60 | 66 | 45 | 80 | 60 | 67 | 58 |
No action was needed, did not think it was serious enough | 77 | 76 | 84 | 81 | 65 | 59 | 59 | 53 | 63 | 61 | 65 | 59 |
Fear of negative consequences for those targeted | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 6 | Note F: too unreliable to be published | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 |
Did not think it was their responsibility | 2 | 1 | 1 | Note F: too unreliable to be published | 4 | 2 | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | 4 | 2 | 4Note E: Use with caution | Note F: too unreliable to be published |
Those responsible were at a higher rank | 8 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 8 | Note F: too unreliable to be published | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
Fear of negative personal consequences | 8 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 10Note E: Use with caution | 13 | 8 | 12 | 11 |
Knew others were taking action | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 11 |
Asked not to take action by those targeted by the behaviour | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 10Note E: Use with caution | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
Did not know what to do | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1Note E: Use with caution | 7 | 3 | 6 | Note F: too unreliable to be published | 7 | 3 | 7 | 4 |
Other | 20 | 21 | 15 | 16 | 22 | 29 | 22 | 30 | 22 | 26 | 21 | 25 |
E use with caution F too unreliable to be published
Source: Statistics Canada, Survey on Sexual Misconduct in the Canadian Armed Forces, 2018. |
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