From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point.

Has the Movement for Women's Equality hit a wall?

Hello again, I'm Mormon-Aulney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International.

A daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

Fifty years ago, Betty Friedan jumped started the women's movement and the number of women

joining the workforce increased for the next 30 years. But toward the end of the 90s,

that number began to decline, partly because workplace requirements increased without becoming

more flexible. Now, among industrial nations, the U.S. is

dead last in accommodating families with mothers and fathers who both want to work. Is that why

America's birth rate is going down? Is it time for workplace practices to catch up with

workers' ideals? On reporter's notebook later on, great films and actors that never won.

First, here's the news.

Listen to KCRW's 24-hour all-news channel.

Stream BBC World Service, NPR and KCRW programs.

Continuous coverage and accessible via our smartphone app or

online at KCRW.com. Support for To The Point comes from the members of KCRW and from the Public

Radio International Program Fund. Hello again, W Alney, back with To the Point.

Polls show that more than three-fourths of Americans think the best marriage allows both mothers and fathers equal time to work and take care of the family.

But in practice, that is increasingly hard. What's happened since the women's movement began 50 years ago?

Our employment practices out of sync with the workers themselves.

On reporter's notebook Sunday will be Oscar night and watching will be infuriating as well as thrilling for both film buffs and ordinary fans.

Why is it the best ones don't always win?

...