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IZOLDA TAKÁCS: THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY power is held by women in the family, while being in the hands of men in society due to “creation” (as they were the sole proprietors of science, literature, music, etc. until recent times). As a result — just as Subject no. 17, having a background in social sciences, suggested —, if women step forward as creators in society, public opinion holds that the terrain of men might ebb, especially if they are equally participating in childcare and domestic tasks. Also, they have expressis verbis referred to the already present phenomenon of so-called "norm violation"?! in modern society: History is irreversible. Young adults (both men and women over 20) find this old, traditional division an object of ridicule. It can be obstructed, even on a political level, but the main direction will remain unchanged. (Subject no. 17, social sciences) We need to treat the above analogy carefully however. Showalter finds it "dangerous to place the body at the center of a search for female identity [...] 1he study of biological imagery in womens writing is useful and important as long as we understand that factors other than anatomy are involved in it."?? Besides, if we were to found our arguments on this, and we would accentuate the main role (first role, privilege) of women in society referring to their biological differentness, we would essentially further reinforce the mechanism maintaining the status guo, which has virtually created the hierarchical, deterministically considered division of gender, based on said biological differences. Ihis means we would result in the same, albeit from the opposite direction. CONCLUSIONS My gualitative analysis — which has inter alia examined female scholars with regards to their identification with female identity — shows that a part ofthem — especially those I have classified into the 4th group (those favouring “classical equality”) — finds the appearance of the “particular ontological viewpoint of women”? in science necessary or important, because they consider themselves as being primarily present on the forums as representatives of their scientific field and themselves. This attitude can nonetheless lead to the reinforcement of existing norms and binary oppositions. Another part of the interviewees, however, expressed a much stronger identification with the cluster of women, they thus intend to advance the growth of female numbers among the DScs of the MTA as well as the academicians in some shape or form (though not always with positive discrimination necessarily). #1 Neményi: Szülői feladatok, 244. 222 Showalter, E.: Feminist Criticism, 189. 293 Cf. Harding: Whose Science? Whose Knowledge? s 102
