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As a woman AND chessplayer (YES  !), I know a bit about why women are not that interested :
- they are not encouraged by their families. As member of a club, and teaching chess to youngsters, I have seen a lot of parents wanting their son to play, but when proposed to subscribe for their daughter, answering, very surprised "why ? chess is for boys, it is not a feminine activity, and besides, she is not interested", when asked, most of the little girls answer they are, but still, most of the parents do not agree. 
- they are not encouraged by the other feminine players : feminine prices are gained very easily when you are the only woman around in the tournament (which is not rare!)...what happens when another woman comes to play ??? 
- they are not encouraged by the male players : I have so many times be treated in a very humiliating way as a female chessplayer (especially when winning, which is NEVER considered as logical : as a woman, I am supposed to loose...), that I could easily write a book about it... 
AND we have not so much time to play chess, especially when being a spouse, a mother, a worker....and what about the jealousy of the husband, not standing you "sacrify" a total week-end to play chess in a tournament where you are the only women among...250 male players ???
try to guess... ;-)
As for the level, I do agree with the question of the number : for example, there are no african (though male) chess champions, still nobody has ever discussed WHY ? and nobody has ever said this is because they "are not interested", or because "they base their decision on emotionnal reactions", or that their brain is not "made for playing chess" (3 pseudo-reasons I have heard so many times when talking about women...).
Obviously, chess is not the priority for african people (whatever the reason), so, no african world champion...the same for women around the world (except when it commes to the eastern part of Europe : ever heard about the Polgar daughters ?).
And if you consider China or Russia, it is clear that when a government considers chess as an important activity, and begins to create special schools to train the children (bot boys and girls) that have been selected as skilled, they obtain the best results : how many russian world champions ? how many "rest of the world"-champions ? by now, chinese chess champion (especially girls) are upcoming...
So, if you want to increase the number of female opponents, why not just teach chess to your mother, your grandmother, your wife, your girlfriend, your daughter, your female neighbours, your female co-workers ?
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Good answer!In my case, my daughter is lerning in the school. (primmary). I Teach her too. She is 10 years old!! She is a good chessplayer, and a good soccer player too!! (sound crazy, but it,s true)!!
Maybe, my daugter will be "Zidane" or "Tatiana Kosintseva" in the future.
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I wish I were successful with both 
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Speaking on average, men are better with math and logic, while women with language. However, this is only in general; there is a lot of overlap, of course. Math and logic tend to go with chess, so that would make chess more frequently a male activity, both in interest and ability. The Polgar sisters are obviously very good, and I (not very good) have occasionally been beaten at chess by a woman. This is an explanation of things in general, not specific; I believe girls should be encouraged (but not forced) to play, just as boys should be. It's a great game for everyone. 
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That sounds like fun
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