ABSTRACT
In this chapter, we identify poverty as a critical but overlooked contributor to sexual well-being. We argue that socioeconomic status is an axis of inequality that must be considered alongside gender, race, sexual identity and other structural forms of oppression in its constraining or enabling influence on sexual flourishing. Addressing this absence is important given the influence of socioeconomic factors on people's daily lived experiences. Sexual flourishing and intimate relationships are affected by a wide range of factors, including chronic financial strain, lack of private space, and an increased potential for financially coercive interactions. This chapter argues for and develops the concept of erotic equity to better understand people's access to sexual well-being and pleasure and under varying socioeconomic circumstances, with a focus on how social systems or structures enable or constrain positive sexual experiences.
