"Many people in Central America have a preference for gender-specific roles (e. g., men should be primary bread winners and women are responsible for the family). They probably have a(n) value orientation."

Masculine value orientation

Explanation:

Many people in Central America have a preference for gender-specific roles (e.g., men should be primary bread winners and women are responsible for the family). They probably have a masculine value orientation."

Value orientation is the principles of wrong and right that are accepted by a social group or an individual, and many people has place this value based on gender role in the society

Gender role is the prescribed attitude, behaviors and characteristics associated with one's gender status. it role is simply how humans are expected to act, the way to behave and conduct their self's based upon their assigned gender (sex whether man or female ). Most of the time gender role are been prescribe based on cultural orientation i.e their value orientation which are the basic beliefs that deals with human relationships with one another and the world.

Masculine value orientation is the set of belief , traits , characteristics associated with male for example male are saddle with the responsible to provide shelter, food, security for the family, etc

While female for example are general expected to dress, behave and talk in a particular manner.