Downplayed: Alice is rather feminine and prefers to avoid physical combat, but can put up a fight when necessary.
Justified: Alice grew up in a rough neighborhood with 4 older brothers and had to learn to hold her own or get treated like crap.
Inverted:
Alice is the Damsel in Distress. She has no fighting skills whatsoever (and typically does not even try), and always has to be rescued, usually by the male members of The Team.
Alice seems like Faux Action Girl. Her resume or reputation speak of her ass-kicking skills, but she doesn't fight much, or gets handed the Distress Ball every now and then. But then, when she finally gets her chance to shine, they have to clean up what's left of the villains with a mop.
Alice acts like a Faux Action Girl to get close to the Big Bad, and proceeds to take him out.
Alice kicks ass and takes names, but everyone especially her love interest is intimidated by her, even though she is in fact a decent, lovable person. This causes her to feel bad about herself and give up fighting.
Alice is equally as the male characters, but is the fact that she's a girl is what causes her trouble. Every month she's incapable of fighting for a week (if not Cute Bruiser). And she's not taken seriously and just dismissed as 'the woman' and not taken seriously regardless of her abilities. If ever on the hand the villain, she's subjected to more horrendous forms of torture which lead to unfortunate results.
Reconstructed:
People are intimidated by Alice, but she does not let it get to her. And people get used to the fact that she is an Action Girl.
Despite knowing the disadvantage she is given, Alice also realizes that she's also a positive role model to the other females. Alice just trains harder to make these disadvantages not hinder her performance which results in the girl becoming stronger than her male counterparts.
