Beginning in the early 1930s, US citizens made a concerted effort to ban lawsuits for breach of promise, seduction, criminal conversation, and alienation of affection. By 1940, ten states had outlawed so-called heart balm torts. Yet there is no empirical evidence that rates of heart balm lawsuits were increasing. This article analyzes 1930s media representations to show how the movement against heart balm grew from “tort tales” about allegedly outrageous lawsuits. Heart balm narratives drew from stylized representations of “gold diggers” found in popular culture, and they reflected divisions around gender and social class exacerbated by the Great Depression.

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侵权故事，淘金者和反对心香的十字军东征

从1930年代初开始，美国公民齐心协力禁止因违反承诺，诱惑，犯罪谈话和疏远感情而提起的诉讼。到1940年，十个州取缔了所谓的润唇膏侵权行为。然而，没有任何经验证据表明心律疗法的诉讼率正在上升。本文分析了1930年代的媒体报道，以显示抗心香脂的运动是如何从所谓的“野蛮故事”中演变而来的，这些故事涉及据称令人发指的诉讼。润唇膏的叙述来自流行文化中“淘金者”的风格化表示，反映了大萧条加剧了性别和社会阶层的分歧。