os;t mean that in a bitchy way, but they do try to out dress each other" (357). Darlene, a divorcee and the oldest in the group refuses to participate in the conversation. She is somewhat judgmental, and snobbish. Her belief is that of ignorance; ignore it and it will not happen to you. Warning Estelle "I don't think you should go out at night, you put yourself in a position" (357). Perhaps insinuating that she does not approve of Estelle's behavior and, at the same time believing that if anything happens, well, she must have asked for it by putting herself in that predicament. Her attitude is a great example of society's beliefs that women who get raped must have asked for it, after all they went
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