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Although a considerable body of research has addressed the extent to which women perceive the negative treatment they receive as discrimination, much less research has assessed the extent to which such discrimination is appraised as legitimate or illegitimate. In this chapter we will argue that perceptions of possible gender discrimination reflect two separate judgments: whether an outcome is due to differential treatment on the basis of gender, and whether this treatment is perceived as legitimate or illegitimate. By separating these judgments, we can examine instances of both illegitimate and legitimate gender discrimination appraisals and the responses they evoke. In this way, we can illuminate a wider spectrum of discrimination experiences and develop a more comprehensive understanding of responses to gender discrimination than has been considered so far. In this chapter, we focus on antecedents that can affect women’s perceptions of the legitimacy of gender discrimination events. We then consider the consequences of perceiving gender discrimination as legitimate or illegitimate from the perspectives of both women and men. We begin by defining key concepts. |
