I think the audience should be separated from the players. A lot of the European players seem to get by as far as women are concerned. It probably helps that they speak about three languages too. I used to get a reasonable amount of female fan mail but it wasn't like I was drowning in it. Now it's different.
Many players go to the gym as part of our chess training.
But then without Bobby Fischer we simply wouldn't be here. There's a lot of money in chess. You may make money from chess but you don't go into it to make money. I drifted into it when I was six and was taught by my mother. I think I was lucky, too.