{"id":2235578,"date":"2024-05-02T13:07:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T17:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sexual-violence-prevention-association-slams-dem-rep-eric-sorensen-over-rape-joke\/"},"modified":"2024-05-02T13:11:56","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T17:11:56","slug":"sexual-violence-prevention-association-slams-dem-rep-eric-sorensen-over-rape-joke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sexual-violence-prevention-association-slams-dem-rep-eric-sorensen-over-rape-joke\/","title":{"rendered":"Sexual Violence Prevention Group Criticizes Democratic Representative Eric Sorensen for Rape Joke"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsexual-violence-prevention-association-slams-dem-rep-eric-sorensen-over-rape-joke%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2235578&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Sexual Violence Prevention Association strongly \u2063condemns Illinois Democrat Eric \u200cSorensen for his insensitive rape joke. The association \u2064demands accountability for his inappropriate remarks. Sorensen&#8217;s joke, reported by the Washington \u200dFree Beacon, trivialized rape \u200dculture. The incident, dating back to 2011, exemplifies\u200d the harmful impact \u200dof such comments on societal views of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/france-seeks-to-change-age-of-consent-to-15\/\" title=\"France Seeks To Change Age Of Consent To 15\">sexual violence<\/a>. The\u200c Sexual Violence Prevention Association denounces \u200dIllinois \u2064Democrat Eric\u200d Sorensen for his insensitive rape joke, emphasizing the need for accountability.\u2062 Sorensen&#8217;s reported joke, which downplayed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyt-columnist-cartoon-skunk-pepe-le-pew-perpetuates-rape-culture\/\" title=\"NYT Columnist: Cartoon Skunk Pep\u00e9 Le Pew Perpetuates Rape Culture\">rape culture<\/a>, highlights \u2063the negative influence of such remarks \u2062on societal perceptions of\u200c sexual violence, dating back to 2011.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<h2>Illinois Democrat&#8217;s rape joke &#8216;disgusting and disgraceful&#8217;<\/h2>\n<figure><figcaption> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\tEric Sorensen (Drew Angerer\/Getty Images)\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The Sexual Violence Prevention Association says Rep. Eric Sorensen (D., Ill.) should be &#8220;held accountable&#8221; for joking about rape, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/inside-the-nras-strategy-to-escape-disaster\/\" title=\"Inside the NRA\u2019s Strategy to Escape Disaster\">association&#8217;<\/a>s leader told the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Sorensen, whose rape joke is being reported for the first time by the <em>Free Beacon<\/em>, contributed &#8220;to rape culture,&#8221; said Omny Miranda Martone, the founder and CEO of the Sexual Violence Prevention Association.<\/p>\n<p>The Illinois Democrat&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ericsorensen\/status\/29570904556044288?s=46\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rape joke<\/a> came in response to a tweet about a cheeseburger called the &#8220;Roethlis-Burger,&#8221; a reference to then-NFL quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. The poster sent the tweet in 2011, after two women had accused Roethlisberger of rape.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I bet they&#8217;ll rape ya on the price,&#8221; Sorensen quipped about the burger. He followed up with &#8220;Too soon?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Martone told the <em>Free Beacon<\/em> that Sorenson&#8217;s tweet helped fuel a culture in which rape is viewed as a &#8220;cultural norm&#8221; and &#8220;meant to be laughed at or not taken seriously.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I understand that this was one tweet from more than a decade ago. That doesn&#8217;t mean that you shouldn&#8217;t be held accountable,&#8221; Martone told the <em>Free Beacon<\/em> after seeing Sorensen&#8217;s tweet. &#8220;Rape jokes like this do contribute to rape culture, and that can contribute to normalizing sexual violence into something that is a staple in society. It makes it harder to prevent, and it makes it just something that is a cultural norm.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So that&#8217;s really an issue,&#8221; especially &#8220;if you&#8217;re running for elected office,&#8221; Martone said. &#8220;You&#8217;re showing survivors by making jokes like that that you do not stand with them and that this is funny\u2014that this is something that&#8217;s meant to be laughed at or not taken seriously.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sorensen is running for reelection in Illinois&#8217;s 17th Congressional District, after winning his first term in 2022. He recently told a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PeH4bAkyqnk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nc-lt-gov-mark-robinson-slams-liberal-media-outlet-for-cartoon-depicting-republicans-as-kkk-members-video\/\" title=\"NC Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson Slams Liberal Media Outlet For Cartoon Depicting Republicans As KKK Members (VIDEO)\">local news outlet<\/a><\/a> that &#8220;hearing women&#8217;s voices&#8221; is among &#8220;the most important things&#8221; he could do.<\/p>\n<p>The congressman&#8217;s office did not respond to the <em>Free Beacon<\/em>&#8216;s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Sorensen, a former weatherman, has had no issue policing jokes from others. He grew angry in 2014 after someone made a joke about a tornado, calling it &#8220;disgusting and disgraceful.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This person posted a fake tornado photo &#038; thinks it makes a great joke #disgusting &#038; #disgraceful,&#8221; Sorensen <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ERICSORENSEN\/status\/466721021186166784\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeted<\/a> in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s kind of hypocritical to say that the thing that&#8217;s disgusting and disgraceful is when you make fun of something that he cares a lot about, but when you make fun of something that&#8217;s a deep trauma for many people, you know, that&#8217;s fine,&#8221; Martone said.<\/p>\n<p>In October, Sorensen trumpeted <a href=\"https:\/\/sorensen.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\/sorensen-announces-funding-northern-illinois-fight-domestic-violence-and\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">helping to steer<\/a> $750,000 to programs in his district that support victims of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-the-washington-post-and-aclu-helped-amber-heard-attack-johnny-depp\/\" title=\"How The Washington Post And ACLU Helped Amber Heard Attack Johnny Depp\">domestic violence abuse<\/a>. Martone said Sorensen&#8217;s joke is the &#8220;antithesis&#8221; to pushing for a movement to end sexual violence.\t<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I hope in the last decade or so that he has grown and that he understands that making jokes about rape accusations is disgusting and disgraceful,&#8221; Martone stated.<\/p>\n<p>Sorensen&#8217;s rape joke isn&#8217;t the first time his inflammatory social media activity has earned scrutiny. Sorensen has claimed the residents of his Western Illinois district can&#8217;t spell names properly and are too ignorant to understand climate science, the <em>Free Beacon<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/this-illinois-democrat-cant-stop-tweeting-about-how-dumb-his-constituents-are\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> in September.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Illinois Democrat Eric Sorensen&#8217;s rape joke, described as &#8220;disgusting and disgraceful,&#8221; has drawn criticism from the Sexual Violence Prevention Association. The association urges accountability for Rep. Sorensen&#8217;s inappropriate remark, with its leader expressing dismay to the Washington Free Beacon. This revelation, reported by the Free Beacon, sheds light on Sorensen&#8217;s controversial comment<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2088,"featured_media":2235579,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/house-democrats-introduce-resolution-to-oppose-republicans-tax-plan-scaled-e1714664998369.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2235578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/house-democrats-introduce-resolution-to-oppose-republicans-tax-plan-scaled-e1714664998369.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2235578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2088"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2235578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2235578\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2235579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2235578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2235578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2235578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}