The Run Before Dawn This morning, November 25, 2025, I ran through the dark streets while the city was still asleep. My footsteps echoed, my breath burned, and one sentence kept repeating with every stride: Why do we women so often choose love for others over love for ourselves — no matter the country, the culture, the century? The Global Truth It is not a Dutch problem. It is not a Western problem. It is a woman problem — worldwide. From the moment we are littl