"Women - always in trouble with them, but can't live without them"
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The subtext is a soft defense mechanism. “Always in trouble” lets the speaker pre-empt criticism by confessing it first, turning conflict into banter. “Can’t live without them” then rescues the line from outright resentment by gesturing at devotion. It’s a neat rhetorical dodge: take the edge off the stereotype by stapling on a compliment. The structure mirrors a lot of locker-room romance: women are cast as the source of chaos, but also as the cure for male loneliness. That tension is meant to feel timeless, inevitable, even charming.
Context matters. Senna was a global sports icon in a pre-social-media era when athletes were encouraged to project charisma more than introspection. The quote fits a late-20th-century masculine script: women as “trouble” equals drama, desire, and the risks of intimacy; men as the ones who endure it with a grin. Today it reads less like wisdom and more like a snapshot of how celebrity masculinity used to keep vulnerability safely behind a punchline.
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Senna, Ayrton. (2026, January 15). Women - always in trouble with them, but can't live without them. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/women-always-in-trouble-with-them-but-cant-live-4521/
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Senna, Ayrton. "Women - always in trouble with them, but can't live without them." FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/women-always-in-trouble-with-them-but-cant-live-4521/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"Women - always in trouble with them, but can't live without them." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/women-always-in-trouble-with-them-but-cant-live-4521/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.










