The brutal glory of Japan's all-female pro-wrestlers

There's nothing demure about these moves

Wrestlers Kris Wolf and Starfire fight during their Stardom professional wrestling show

While Japan fights centuries of traditional gender norms to raise the status of women in the workplace, a small group of women are challenging convention in the ring.

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Jackie Friedman

Jackie Friedman is the assistant photo editor at TheWeek.com. She is a graduate of the photojournalism program at Kent State University and now lives in New York.