Ask Shailene Woodley about sex and she'd be very glad to spend time with you and enjoy a chitchat about this rather intimate topic. Compared actresses of her age who still project demure image, the Fault in Our Stars lead believed it's a topic worth conversing and that people should be more open to.

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The 22-year-old actress has already earned a strong following among fans for portraying strong heroines in the financially successful Divergent film series and Fault in Our Stars.  

In her latest movie outing, White Bird in a Blizzard, the actress portrays the role of a pre-college teen in search for her sexuality until her beautiful yet mysterious mother (played by Eva Green) disappears.

White Bird in a Blizzard is set for release Friday.

In an interview with Reuters, the actress was asked about how she felt about her sex scenes and nudity in the film which outshone the other scenes of the movie. The actress responded: "It's not a surprise because it's America. Sex is so suppressed in America publicly; people don't talk about it or mention it, and so it wasn't a surprise that's what everyone's focused on."

While it's true that the world has gone a little less prudish over the years, Woodley still believes that America has a long way to go before everyone could have the guts to talk about sex without hesitation.

"I think we have a long way to go in America as far as representing sexuality. I think of it as a spectrum, because it's either overly-in-your-face and exploited, which is so skewed and unrealistic," the star explained.

"Unfortunately that's what a lot of young people base their own sex lives on, that of which they see in movies, which is so funny. Or it's super under the covers, pretending it doesn't exist, and if you talk about sex, you're dirty. And that's not real either," she continued.

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