Male wants females, we're told, to intimidate (8)
I believe the answer is:
bulldoze
'intimidate' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'male wants females we're told' is the wordplay.
'male' becomes 'bull' (bull is a kind of male).
'wants' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'females' becomes 'does' (female deer).
'we're told' shows a homophone (sound like).
'does' is a homophone of 'doze'.
'bull'+'doze'='BULLDOZE'
'to' is the link.
(Other definitions for bulldoze that I've seen before include "Demolish; ride roughshod over" , "Clear earth with powerful machine, or force through" , "Flatten with a large powerful tractor" , "Force through (against all opposition)" , "Mechanically flatten" .)