Table 2 
Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) Regular Force members seeing, hearing, or experiencing targeted sexual or discriminatory behaviours in the past 12 months, by type of behaviour, 2016 

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Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) Regular Force members seeing, hearing, or experiencing targeted sexual or discriminatory behaviours in the past 12 months, by type of behaviour, 2016
Men2 – Seen, heard or experiencedWomen – Seen, heard or experiencedTotal – Seen, heard or experiencedMen2 – Personally experienced1Women – Personally experienced1Total – Personally experienced1
  percentpercentpercentpercentpercentpercent
Inappropriate verbal or non-verbal communication 77.9 81.0* 78.3 13.3 26.1* 15.1
Sexual jokes  75.6 78.3* 76.0 11.9 18.9* 12.9
Unwanted sexual attention 16.9 27.4* 18.4 2.0 14.9* 3.8
Inappropriate sexual comments  38.1 44.7* 39.0 4.1 12.2* 5.2
Inappropriate discussion about sex life 32.6 40.0* 33.7 5.4 13.2* 6.5
Sexually explicit materials  13.5 14.0 13.6 2.2 4.1* 2.5
Displaying, showing, or sending sexually explicit messages or materials  12.7 12.7 12.7 2.2 3.9* 2.4
Taking and/or posting inappropriate or sexually suggestive photos or videos of any CAF members, without consent 3.2 4.3* 3.3 0.3 0.4* 0.3
Physical contact or sexual relations 13.9 25.0* 15.4 3.6 15.6* 5.3
Indecent exposure or inappropriate display of body parts 6.6 6.4 6.6 1.3 2.0* 1.4
Repeated pressure from the same person for dates or sexual relationships 2.7 8.2* 3.5 0.4 5.6* 1.1
Unwelcome physical contact or getting too close 8.8 20.0* 10.4 2.6 13.2* 4.1
Offering workplace benefit for engaging in sexual activity or being mistreated for not engaging in sexual activity  1.6 1.8 1.6 0.2 0.9* 0.3
Discrimination on the basis of sex 29.9 42.2* 31.6 3.7 16.0* 5.4
Suggestions that people do not act like a man or woman is supposed to act 20.9 28.2* 22.0 3.0 9.6* 3.9
Someone being insulted/mistreated/ignored/excluded because of their sex 9.3 23.6* 11.3 0.9 11.0* 2.3
Comments that people are either not good at a particular job or should be prevented from having a particular job because of their sex 16.0 27.4* 17.6 0.8 9.9* 2.1
Discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 9.2 16.3* 10.2 0.5 1.8* 0.7
Someone being insulted/mistreated/ignored/excluded because of their sexual orientation or assumed sexual orientation 7.3 13.6* 8.2 0.5 1.7* 0.7
Someone being insulted/mistreated/ignored/excluded because they are (or assumed to be) transgender 4.7 8.7* 5.3 0.1 0.4* 0.2
Total sexualized or discriminatory behaviour 79.4 83.8* 80.0 14.9 31.4* 17.2
*
significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05)
Note(s):
Includes behaviours which occurred in the military workplace or outside the military workplace involving military members (CAF or foreign) and/or Department of National Defence employees or contractors. Percent calculations exclude missing responses. Total includes a small number of respondents whose sex was not stated.
Source(s):
Survey on Sexual Misconduct in the Canadian Armed Forces, 2016.

Table note 1

Include behaviours which the respondent indicated were directed at them personally. Percent calculations include those who saw or heard the behaviour but did not know if it was directed at them personally.

Table note 2

Reference category.
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