Missing the Point: A Critical Reflection on Operation HONOUR and Reactions to Military Sexual Misconduct by Veterans of the Canadian Armed Forces

While there has undoubtedly been progress made in regards to the inclusion of women and LGBTQ+ individuals as full members Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), it is questionable whether organizational culture shifted since these efforts were initiated almost thirty years ago. This article argues that resistance change based sexist beliefs attitudes, which are most noticeable discussions related Operation HONOUR, CAF initiative meant purposefully military an effort eliminate sexual misconduct. The critically reflects on how presented results from surveys aimed at examining perceptions current serving misconduct military. It missing key points analysis, particularly failing identify analyse beliefs, behaviours make up a problematic misogynistic culture. To address this, presents taxonomy sexism help understand attitudes soldiers veterans. Based this informed by long-term ongoing ethnographic research, then outlines spectrum behavioural archetypes, namely: (1) allyship victims, (2) willful blindness prevalence harms caused misconduct, (3) negative response tied what termed toxic masculinity. Understanding their embeddedness veterans’ self-perceptions military’s achieving context systemic