More than 11 million Canadians have been physically or sexually assaulted since the age of 15.Three in ten (29%) women were targeted by inappropriate sexual behaviour in a work-related setting compared with 17% of men. While men (56%) were slightly more likely than women (53%) to witness inappropriate sexual behaviour in their workplaces, the opposite was true when it came to personally experiencing this type of behaviour.Women (28%) were more likely than men (19%) to have taken measures such as blocking others online or deleting accounts in order to protect themselves from online harassment.Women were more likely than men to know the perpetrator. One in five (18%) women experienced online harassment in the 12 months preceding the survey, slightly above the proportion of men (14%).These were also the three most common types of behaviour experienced by men, though at a considerably lower rate (each 6%). The most common types of unwanted sexual behaviour experienced by women in public were unwanted sexual attention (25%), unwanted physical contact (17%), and unwanted comments about their sex or gender (12%).More specifically, being younger and of a sexual orientation other than heterosexual was associated with much higher odds. For both men and women, younger age and sexual orientation increased the odds of experiencing this behaviour more than any other factor. One in three (32%) women and one in eight (13%) men experienced unwanted sexual behaviour in public.Beside gender, being younger, having experienced harsh parenting, having been physically or sexually abused by an adult during childhood, and being single, never married, all play a role in experiencing gender-based violence.Women were more likely than men to have experienced multiple incidents in the past 12 months and to have experienced unwanted behaviour or violence while on the street versus while in another public place, such as a bar or restaurant.Women were also more likely to have talked to somebody about their experience following an incident of unwanted behaviour or assault. Women were more likely than men to have changed their routines or behaviours and to have experienced negative emotional consequences. Not only were women more likely to experience these behaviours, the impact of them was also greater.
In contrast, men were more likely to have been physically assaulted.
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