The TV series Borgen is a rich source of material for the Paula Principle.  We've just finished watching the first series (yes, I know, behind the times).  Its principal character, Birgitte Nyborg, is leader of the Moderate party going into the Danish elections.   She is married to an economics lecturer, with two school-age children, and one recurrent theme is her struggle to get home in time to see the children (and her husband). One episode illustrates in a fleeting moment the imposter syndrome - the tendency of women (more than men) to think that they are not qualified to have got to where they are.  On the eve of the…