Women I see embrace society in a discerning way (6)
I believe the answer is:
wisely
'in a discerning way' is the definition.
'women i see embrace society' is the wordplay.
'women' becomes 'w'.
'see' becomes 'ely' (example where cathedral located in diocese).
'embrace' indicates putting letters inside.
'society' becomes 's' (common abbreviation in names of organisations).
'i'+'ely'='iely'
'iely' placed around 's' is 'isely'.
'w'+'isely'='WISELY'
(Other definitions for wisely that I've seen before include "Carefully considered, sagely" , "With intelligence" , "Judiciously" , "how Solomon acted" , "Sensibly" .)