Now men must take responsibility to turn a "War in Which Only One Side Shows Up" into a "Dialogue in Which Both Sexes Speak Up."

Making our way through Eastern Oregon, I found myself reading with fascination a book I purchased at Powell's Bookstore in Portland. One of the passages especially stands out in my mind:

"In the twentieth century women led us through decades of resistance to the devastation caused by immature masculinity. The assault of feminism and many men's acquiescence to its demands has ground down the assertiveness of too many men who feel confused about their power. There has, for too long, been a silence about the increasing destruction of diversity of MATURE archetypal masculine traits . . . Given our focus on feminism, men and women alike have lost track of what MATURE masculinity really means. Warren Farrell writes in 'The Myth of Male Power,' Have we been misled by feminists? Yes. Is it feminists' fault? No. Why not? Men have not spoken up. Simply stated, women cannot hear what men do not say. Now men must take responsibility to say what they want - to turn a 'War in Which Only One Side Shows Up' into a 'Dialogue in Which Both Sexes Speak Up.' "

Terry Jones, "The Elder Within: The Source of Mature Masculinity"

Photos: (Top) Lewis Monkeyflowers, Green Lake and Broken Top Mountain, near Bend, OR; (Middle) Mount Jefferson, viewed from Smith Rock State Park, OR; (Bottom) Sunflowers and red badlands, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Painted Hills District, OR. These photos were taken on July 31-August 1, 2015