Family In the Society

The family represents the model relationship in society between men and women and between parents and children:
“and (those true servants of the Most Gracious) who pray:
O, Our Lord!
Grant that our spouses and our offspring to be a joy to our eyes, and cause us to be foremost among (model for) those who are conscious of You.” (25:74)

The precedence of a man’s responsibility cannot give him any justification for a general claim of social prominence and leadership everywhere, and does not establish a rule for every social institution:

“Men shall take care of (and full responsibility for) women with what God has bestowed on the former, and with what they spend out of their possessions (on women whom they are responsible for). (4:34)

There are people who try to find a support for restricting woman’s activities to only the family in Qur’anic Verse that addresses the Prophet’s wives, “And abide quietly in your home” (33:33).
But those should not ignore that it was a special rule for the Prophet’s wives because of their special situation, as suggested clearly in the previous verse: “ O wives of the Prophet! You are not like any of the (other) women.” (33:32).
Accordingly, the prophet’s wives could not marry after the Prophet, and they had to observe special restrictions that are not applied to others (e.g. 33:28-30, 50-53).

Ref: "MUSLIM WOMEN THE FAMILY AND THE SOCIETY", By Dr Mohamed Fathi Osman

Source: ahl-ul-bayt.org