Here's why perfectionism is your feminist superpower 

A New York psychotherapist wants us to change how women look at perfectionism. Rather than seeing it as a negative trait, she says they need to harness it for their benefit

Katherine Morgan Schlafer

Before a big day — in psychotherapist Katherine Morgan Schafler’s case, her wedding — the received wisdom is that you might want to relax the night before. Lie in the bath, that kind of thing. Instead, between 10.30pm and 2am Schlafer walked her dog, did a workout, answered emails, filed clinical notes, rewrapped her bridesmaids’ gifts, and edited her vows.

“It was the perfect night,” she remembers. She is a perfectionist who regards her perfectionism as a superpower. It is also a feminist issue.