Around two-thirds of women in the armed forces experienced sexualised behaviour - from wolf-whistles and dirty jokes to touching and unwanted sexual activity - in the past 12 months, a damning internal survey has revealed.

About one-third of servicemen also suffered such treatment.

Louise Sandher-Jones, a junior defence minister and former army officer, said the results were "wholly unacceptable".

She said the survey was the first of its kind and called it a "no holds barred baseline to fully confront and address the root causes of this issue".

Headline findings from the Armed Forces Sexualised Behaviours and Sexual Harassment survey - published on Thursday - include:

• 67% of women experienced at least one sexualised behaviour in the last 12 months, compared to 34% of men

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