Status of Women committee  Yes.

Status of Women committee  I don't know if I'm the best person to answer that question. I think it just depends on the situation, on whether it's a formal complaint. Petty Officer Wilson may want to comment on that.

Status of Women committee  When a woman joins an occupation like combat arms in particular—sort of the last domain that women are integrating into—what I'm saying is that there are certain things that are considered very important in combat arms, such as physical strength, being able to withstand various t

Status of Women committee  And make values-based judgments on what is the right thing to do in an operational environment. That's not to say that clear cases of harassment would be tolerated. I'm not saying that at all. It's just allowing an environment where teams learn to work and grow together without

Status of Women committee  Certainly, although we did learn through experience that using the zero tolerance approach created a negative effect in the operational environment. We ended up with leaders who couldn't lead because they were so afraid of being accused of sexual harassment. We've come a long way

Status of Women committee  I believe that definitely yes, in an organization such as the Canadian Forces, the chain of command is critical to operational effectiveness, and therefore, leadership within the chain of command is also critical to ensuring that justice takes place when it's required. Yes, I thi

Status of Women committee  Yes, I would say that leaders are more sensitive to the fact that allowing harassment to occur on their teams undermines operational effectiveness. Has that completely happened in all areas? I don't think we're completely there yet, but I think leadership does understand that mor

Status of Women committee  Are you asking me that question?

Status of Women committee  I'm sorry, what was the question again?

Status of Women committee  I think there's a lot of work that's starting to be done by civilian academics, especially related to this. I think the combat arms environment, in particular, is still very masculine dominated and is still guided by those warrior values. Women are quite welcome in that environme

Status of Women committee  I think as more and more women are serving in the military, and especially moving into leadership roles, that can definitely have an impact on the culture. In terms of whether the incidence of sexual harassment has actually gone down, I would reserve my opinion on that until I s

Status of Women committee  The warrior culture generally refers to those values that were assumed to be essential to operational effectiveness, especially in the combat arms domain: assumptions that women and men are different; men are strong, women are weak; women are protected, men protect women; women a

Status of Women committee  Good morning. My name is Karen Davis, and I am a defence scientist with Director General Military Personnel Research and Analysis, an organization that belongs to Defence Research and Development Canada and conducts research for the Chief of Military Personnel. I have been cond