The Joy Luck Club By Amy Tan Is it fair to judge someone by their sex? In traditional Chinese culture, many judgments were made about a person just by observing their sex. The woman was looked upon as an inferior being. They had little or no status in society, and little was expected from them. They were discriminated against when they tried to stand up for themselves. Chinese culture was customarily male dominated. The male …showed first 75 words of 1066 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1066 total…women have to attain power and status in todays society. Amy Tan has portrayed the sad truth through these tales and I believe that she got her point across. I believe that women are ataining more power and responsabity every day and through books like The Joy Luck Club, and other women writers, womans struggle to be equal has gone many steps forward and will continue to go forward as long women strive for equality.