People who are employed during election campaigns to rally support for candidates from campaign trucks equipped with loudspeakers have been known as 耻驳耻颈蝉耻-箩ō — meaning “bush warbler ladies” — because the task has typically been assigned to women with melodious voices.
In recent years, however, they have been increasingly referred to as 蝉丑补箩ō-耻苍诲ō颈苍 (campaign staff on vehicles) due to gender considerations.
Some of the women engaged for the role say they had faced discrimination and harassment in the past — it’s hard to see from the outside the conditions in which campaign teams operate — but they add that this is gradually changing.
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