Is it fair to treat them like they should know how to work instead of looking at their phone?

Weirdly enough the wimpification of U.S. males seem to have gradually begun with the ending of the military draft. Probably no real connection; but still . . . .

Very true. In the world of fashion starting in that period there was unisex clothing, and men started looking more like women. Men started wearing makeup- David Bowie comes to mind, Kiss was- well they had their own category that crossed a lot of lines. Men were told they needed to "get in touch with their feelings," as if they never had feelings before. Act more like a woman, not a man. Women's lib exploded and at the college I attended, guys literally carried around Mao's little red book to improve their batting average. Those guys scored way more often and spent their spare time at the free clinics. A lot more destructive stuff than that during that post draft period. Like Jimmy Carter.

Yes, it's all what I noticed as well. Once men no longer were at risk for having skin in the military game then the gradual shift toward what is tongue-in-cheek called the increasingly typical testosterone-challenged, wimpy, leftist beta-male type threatens to become the national standard of 'masculinity'. National rot always happens from within.