We love perfectionism; we can’t get enough of it. Of course, we don’t love maladaptive expressions of perfectionism. Unless the dysfunction is packaged for Bravo, we don’t love maladaptive expressions of anything. If it’s delivered in the right context, our culture extols perfectionism. An exploration of what the “right context” is doesn’t take long. Do you think it’s a coincidence that our culture embraces, celebrates, and syndicates female perfectionists when their perfectionism is expressed through improving and decorating the home, hosting social gatherings, and tidying up? The celebration
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