Not really, no. Finance is the UK’s major industry by and large, coupled with other service industries. It isn’t really too different to the US in that regard but I guess there are different cultural views on who does what over there.
I can see that. The jobs I’m referring to are ALL service jobs, after all; neither the car dealership nor the medical supply company produce anything either. Rationally there’s not much difference between any of the jobs; nevertheless, I can’t think of a single office I’ve worked in where men are doing the basic clerical work. The truth is, it would be hard to support a family on this income and I do live in the South, where a good proportion of men anticipate being the main bread winner and a good proportion of women anticipate never working at all. Clerical jobs (in spite of my Bachelor’s) don’t require much education or experience, so when a woman finds she has to work after all, these are the jobs she goes in for. Or in my case, when she buys herself an education that fits her for no jobs at all!