ask some questions and be very specific with answers
1. does the Girl need anyone financially?
2. is she motivated by abuse? does she have a form of "PTSD"
3. does she dress in the style of the feminine woman
4. has she taken a typical female occupation
5. what makes her "jump"
6. does she have any/many women friends or men friends
7. is she as smart as or dumber than men around her
8. is she a specimen that would gather men's gaze/comments to her
9. does she cook, clean
10. does she have any children
11. does she use profanity
12. is she ever "caught" by nature - or all culture
13. Where is any instance of "softness" in her room, her dress, her expression
14. analyze the display (by her) of emotion
15. what is her objective
16. if you had to encompass her speech-as-gesture/gesture-as-action - what would the sound be? I know you cannot understand the language - but you can feel/understand the gesture of the sound. scroll back and look for key scenes: what are the sounds?
17. does she read any books
18. what catches her eye in town - if anything
19. is there a moment of happiness? look at it closely
20. when she looks at the man - does her look linger? does she really study his face? does she avoid eyes? is she looking for connection? and the reverse - is he looking looking looking or is his attention NOT on her face, her body?
21. Is she a "hunter" or a "gatherer?"
etc. - you can devise other questions, too. You may or may not be able to answer all of these.
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