Attention given to female anxiety (4)
I believe the answer is:
fear
'anxiety' is the definition.
(fear is a kind of anxiety)
'attention given to female' is the wordplay.
'attention' becomes 'ear' (ear is a kind of attention).
'given to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'female' becomes 'f' (abbreviation).
'ear' put after 'f' is 'FEAR'.
(Other definitions for fear that I've seen before include "Respect" , "Apprehension" , "Alarm, reverence" , "Fright" , "Terror" .)