The English actress, who stars in American TV show The Affair, which is about be aired in the UK, said male and female actors are treated differently when they film sex scenes – and it is the women who are expected to provide the titillation.
The 33-year-old added that she has a 'big concern about how women are treated in the industry generally'.
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Her latest role in The Affair involves numerous steamy scenes, but Ruth Wilson (pictured with Dominic West) says it's unfair of TV bosses to expect actresses to appear topless
Miss Wilson said she accepted the sex scenes in The Affair because they was justified by the plot, which follows an intense extramarital relationship. But the actress, who won a Golden Globe for her role in the series, said she is appalled by the focus in her industry on women's bodies during such scenes.
She said: 'It's assumed that women will get their breasts out and have to get their breasts out and I baulk at that. It's unnecessary and it's unfair.'
