Conscious of feeling male ignored (8)
I believe the answer is:
sentient
'conscious' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
I don't understand the remainder of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for sentient that I've seen before include "Conscious - aware" , "having power of perception" , "Able to perceive/feel" , "Capable of feeling things as in tenets" , "Having feelings" .)