Loud, reckless, completely devoid of self-awareness, and entirely enslaved to a deeply ingrained cycle, The Bull Man is the living embodiment of violence learned from early-on authority figures.

He doesn't act out to soothe the agonizing void of longing for an ideal woman. Instead, what he does is a reenactment of everything he has internalized from his family and surrounding environment (the media, social circles, educational institutions, the workplace). In short: he is the product of his upbringing and environment.

The Bull Man grows up in an environment where a man's self-worth is measured by a masculinity defined by how "powerfully" he exerts control over other beings—including women, who are fundamentally "othered."

Naturally, if throughout his life The Bull Man orbits role models—individuals and institutions alike—who broadcast and preach that the best kind of man is one who preys on as many women as possible, complete with an automatic, permanent "right of use" over any woman he desires... he will take the initiative to do the exact same thing.

To his eyes, women are not fellow human beings whose dignity deserves respect or whose opinions deserve to be heard.

Nor are they anything more complex than a hunk of flesh between their legs to be used whenever he pleases—a trophy of his prowess to be bragged about in locker-room banter with his peers.

If a woman dares to "challenge" his actions—much like Srintil bravely refused Marsusi when he sought to sleep with her, and later force her into marriage—The Bull Man reacts with the primitive instinct of a bull facing a Matador’s waving cape: he flies into a rage born of existential panic, wielding institutional legitimacy and raw physical brutality to get whatever he wants.

And just as Marsusi’s actions were never questioned by society in Ronggeng Dukuh Paruk, The Bull Man operates seamlessly within the normalized bounds of institutions and value systems that actively perpetuate this "noble tradition of the hunt."

And what happens once The Bull Man secures his prey? He revels in his trophy, flaunting it as a badge of honor for social advancement within his circles, only to immediately gear up for the next hunt. After all, he can't afford to fall behind the other Bull Men.