Head of Women and Family Research Center of the Qom Seminary of Religious Studies speaking in a meeting called "Woman in Tabatabaei’s Thought” said "[Muhammad Husayn] Tabatabaei believes that the main cause of women’s underprivilegedness is male injustice; while [Morteza] Motahari believes that the main reason for women’s lower privileges is ignorance, not injustice.”
Mohammad Reza Zibaeenejad added that Tabatabaei arranges the
concerned topics into a list which goes as the following:
1.
Equality
of women and men in terms of humanity and values
2.
Woman
as completing man
3.
Genetic
distinctions in body and soul
4.
Functional
distinctions (difference in position and role)
5.
Fair
distinctions in rights and responsibilities
6.
Nature
as the foundation of the family structure and male-female legal status
7.
The
need for ethical vibe to prevail over family relations
8.
Woman’s
particular attachment to the family
He further stated "In answer to the question why women’s
circumstances are much more undesirable in Islamic societies compared to other
places such as Western societies, Tabatabaei maintains that leaders’ inadequacy
and incorrect education are the main reasons responsible for such a pitiable
state. He holds that the Islamic ruler has to consider obligatory laws as
needed where permissible, without claiming canonization.”