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IZOLDA TAKÁCS: THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY Further data Available data was also implemented alongside semi-structured interviews. Shortly after the 2016 election held by the MTA several male and female researchers went on to address their opinions on the election results in essays (see more on this in the third chapter, “What is behind the academic election? Between Scylla and Charybdis: Female quotas or natural but slow change that might take decades?”). The primary goal of the secondary analysis was to present a broader picture of the attitude of scholars and academicians towards this topic, which can add further layers to my work. Among other considerations, these essays outlined the beliefs of the academicians that the electoral method of the MTA and the traditions guiding these elections are the reasons no women was elected in 2016. It is furthermore worth considering that since the members of the surveyed group are part of the scientific elite, a great deal of additional data can be found about them (CVs, MTMT [Magyar Tudomanyos Mitivek Tara — Archive of Hungarian Scientific Works], previous interviews, monographs, scientific and other publications by and about them, etc.), which also proved to be valuable assets to support the semi-structured interviews. BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE RESULTS My research has strived to pinpoint universally present gender and social issues through the examination of exceptions, i.e. successful career paths. The assumption was that if the conditions for a successful scholarly career among women can be revealed, the possible causes of the attrition will become visible as well. First I analysed the narratives along the main areas drawn up in the interview questions. As the early years of an individual and the typical marks of family background could be interpreted in a similar historical context, it could be ascertained that the negative effects of this period have only increased the number of obstructions in the case of the interviewees (who typically come from a white-collar background), especially on ancestral and political-ideological grounds. An interesting aspect of this area is that a universal tendency could be shown despite the significant changes of the political-ideological system, i. e. that the scientific career, the academic aim is fundamentally based on origin, and it is appreciably influenced by the cultural capital, the societal status of the parents. On the other hand, this descent was not a necessary premise when entering the profession or getting into college. No gender-based disadvantage could be demonstrated in the case of the examined female scholars in their early life, which was the same in the next «12-6
