Marco Cancino, who serves as Mayor of San Cristóbal de las Casas in Mexico, has received a lot of criticism for his charitable work.

The mayor recently donated 25,000 brooms, as part of his "Happy Broom" program, to several communities in the city so that the residents could keep the streets clean.

The mayor was called out for suggesting that the community, particularly housewives, should have to be in charge of cleaning the streets.

Photos of the brooms being handed out were originally shared on Cancino's social media accounts but seem to have been deleted following the criticism, but not before people could share them.

In the photos, men are seen handing out the brooms and in other pictures, Cancino, who has been criticized for taking a lot of photos but changing very little, poses with the women who were handed the brooms.

Many called the act offensive, sexist and one concocted by masculine ideals and traditional social roles.

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