Evan Rachel Wood Slams MPAA In Twitter Rant About 'Charlie Countryman'

Evan Rachel Wood slammed the Motion Picture Association of America in a Twitter rant about a deleted sex scene in Charlie Countryman. The scene made it in the Sundance Film Festival cut, but the MPAA decided it had to be cut, or the film would be rated NC-17.

So, what sex scene could be so bad it needed a NC-17 rating? According to Evan, it was a rather steamy cut of her receiving oral sex. The actress’ Twiter rant is below (warning, some NSFW language):

After seeing the new cut of #CharlieCountryman I would like 2 share my disappointment with the MPAA, who thought it was necessary to…

— Evan Rachel Wood (@evanrachelwood) November 27, 2013

…censor a womans sexuality once again. The scene where the two main characters make “love” was altered because someone felt that seeing…

— Evan Rachel Wood (@evanrachelwood) November 27, 2013

…a man give a woman oral sex made people “uncomfortable” but the scenes in which people are murdered by having their heads blown off…

— Evan Rachel Wood (@evanrachelwood) November 27, 2013

…remained intact and unaltered. This is a symptom of a society that wants to shame women and put them down for enjoying sex, especially…

— Evan Rachel Wood (@evanrachelwood) November 27, 2013

…when (gasp) the man isn’t getting off as well! Its hard for me to believe that had the roles been reversed it still would have been cut..

— Evan Rachel Wood (@evanrachelwood) November 27, 2013

…OR had the female character been raped it would have been cut. Its time for people to GROW UP. Accept that women are sexual beings…

— Evan Rachel Wood (@evanrachelwood) November 28, 2013

…Accept that some men like pleasuring women. Accept that women don’t have to just be fucked and say thank you…

— Evan Rachel Wood (@evanrachelwood) November 28, 2013