The Affair’s Ruth Wilson on sexism in Hollywood, says sex scenes are ‘unfair’ and ‘crap’

THE Affair actor Ruth Wilson has bared all on nudity and sex scenes, saying she’s sick of getting her breasts out, and lashing out at ‘crap’ sex scenes.

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - JANUARY 11: Actress Ruth Wilson attends the 72nd Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 11, 2015 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

BRITISH actor Ruth Wilson says it’s unfair and unnecessary that women in Hollywood ‘have to get their breasts out’ on screen.

And the Golden Globe winning star of TV series The Affair questioned why women are almost always the focus of racy sex scenes.

“I kept insisting, ‘Why have I always got to do the orgasm face?’ There should be a male orgasm face,” Wilson told Net-a-Porter’s magazine, The Edit.

“Why is it always the woman who’s orgasming? Let’s analyze the male orgasm.”

Ruth Wilson on the cover of The Edit. Picture: The Edit

Ruth Wilson. Picture: Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images

Wilson, 33, told The Edit it was “unfair” that it had become almost expected that female actors would show their breasts on camera.
“Women have to provide the titillation because penises can’t be seen on screen but breasts can,” Wilson said.

“It’s assumed that women will get their breasts out and have to get their breasts out and I balk at that. It’s unnecessary and unfair.”

Co-stars ... Ruth Wilson and Jake Gyllenhaal, who are rehearsing for the Broadway play, Constellations. Picture: Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images

Wilson said the intimate storylines on her show The Affair needed “to have a narrative as much as any other scene”, according to Daily Mail.

Best dramatic actress ... Ruth Wilson accepts her Golden Globe for her role in The Affair earlier this month. Picture: AP Photo/NBC/Paul Drinkwater

Wilson said she discussed how to handle sex scenes with her The Affair co-star, Dominic West.

“So for Dominic and myself, every time it came up we asked, ‘Do we need this? What are we saying with it?,’” Wilson told The Edit.

“It’s hard to make good sex scenes work. There are so many crap ones out there.”