They make powerful reading. The answer, put at its simplest, is that women, in Koranic eyes, are viewed as emotional, un-stable, and unfit for the most demanding jobs and roles. Stuck with this stigma, women suffer a multitude of indignities. A man's evidence needs no such corroboration. Women are also largely barred from becoming judges, as an Iranian Majlis representative Razavi Ardakani explains.
Women are tender- hearted, their emotions rule over their intellect.
In critical cases they are likely to be swayed by the accused or the defence lawyer and, God forbid, their tender nature would lead them to the wrong judgment. Law is a critical issue. Therefore the penetration of women in this domain, albeit step by step, is dangerous. However, Ardakani is content to allow women to be doctors and gynaecologists. In religious societies where women are treated as chattels and empty vessels, they are, not surprisingly, hugely under-represented in offices of state and the professions.