Male chamois represented typical male behaviour (8)
I believe the answer is:
machismo
'typical male behaviour' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both human attributes as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'male chamois represented' is the wordplay.
'male' becomes 'm' (common abbreviation).
'represented' is an anagram indicator.
'chamois' anagrammed gives 'achismo'.
'm'+'achismo'='MACHISMO'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for machismo that I've seen before include "The cult of masculine pride" , "Exaggerated sense of manliness" , "Aggressive masculine pride" , "A show of virility or manliness" , "aggressive masculinity" .)