 Students piling into the Little Theater to view the "You the Man" show.
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 The character of "Mitchell" spells it out for us what we should do if a friend is in an abusive relationship.
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 "Stan the Man" answering all your dating questions.
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You the Man, a one man show dedicated to addressing sexual assault, abusive relationships and dating violence was held in the Little Theater during Unity Week last week. Sponsored by the Kean Counseling Center and co-sponsored by the Lambda Theta Alpha, Latin Sorority, Inc, "You the Man" was a 45 minute one man show written and directed by Cathy Lourde acted out by Lloyd "The Man" Watts. Before the show the audience heard some words from Dr. Emily Filardo of the Psychology Department who gave some information on abuse victims. Finally, the show began when Lloyd "The Man" Watts came out as "Stan the Man", an energetic expert on dating that spoke in clever rhymes to answer questions. Throughout the show, he transformed into six different characters, including the Virgin Larry, Mitchell a guy concerned with a friend's abusive relationship, the father of a girl in an abusive relationship, Dr. Wing who was the girl's teacher and Officer Friendly who gave facts and statistics about sexual abuse and violent relationships. The two scenarios included a girl in an abusive relationship with her boyfriend and a guy on the basketball team whose team member is accused of sexual assault.
After the captivating performance by Lloyd Watts a panel of experts on violence towards women who consisted of Dr. Emily Filardo of the Psychology Department, Kendra Hayes of the YWCA of Eastern Union County, and Laurie McGraugh of the Union County Rape Crisis Center were available for commentary and questions from the audience. Although women account for 90% of rape victims it is important to remember that sexual assault and violence is not just a women's issue and there are men's groups out there helping to address this national problem. Some of the serious topics that were brought up during the discussion included the lesser spoken about topic of domestic abuse in homosexual relationships and how verbal and emotional abuse is just
