Think in terms of the school bully as tax collector, bank director or prison warden and the 'social engineering' he'd come up with when running the show:

def. unman | castrate | emasculate | demoralize | paralyze | undo | unnerve | unstring | to deprive of manly vigor, fortitude, or spirit | to cause somebody to lose a quality or qualities traditionally attributed to men, especially courage (literary) | to deprive of courage or fortitude; break down the manly spirit of. | to deprive of virility | deprive of qualities traditionally associated with men, such as self-control or courage | to deprive of self-confidence | to sap the strength, whether physical or emotional, required to deal with a situation | to cause to give up manly courage or spirit.

Or as Emerson put it: ""Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members. The virtue in most request is conformity. Self-reliance is its aversion. It loves not realities and creators, but names and customs."