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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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
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, Junior NCM, Senior NCM, Junior Officer and Senior Officer, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
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
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
percent
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
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