Women’s participation in traditionally male-dominated sports is influenced not only by access to facilities, coaching, and organized opportunities but also by social attitudes within families, peer groups, schools, community organizations, and wider cultural settings. Community narratives are particularly important because they shape beliefs about who belongs in specific sports, what forms of participation are considered appropriate for women, and how female athletes are socially perceived. This paper examines the relationship between community narratives and women’s entry into male-dominated sports through the perspective of gender and sport participation. The conceptual framework draws on gender socialization, social identity theory, stereotype research, feminist sport scholarship, social ecological perspectives, and community-level participation research. Existing studies indicate that gender stereotypes can influence sport participation, perceived legitimacy, confidence, and performance, while supportive environments may improve opportunities for women and girls to enter traditionally masculine sporting spaces. Because no original participant dataset was provided, the quantitative component is explicitly simulation-based. Illustrative participation-confidence scores of 2.62, 3.58, and 4.42 represent restrictive, mixed, and inclusive community narrative conditions, while simulated contribution indicators of 46%, 41%, and 35% represent inclusive community norms, peer acceptance, and visible female participation. These values are methodological illustrations rather than empirical estimates. The conceptual analysis suggests that community narratives influence participation through perceived legitimacy, anticipated social judgment, peer acceptance, role visibility, and beliefs about gender-appropriate behaviour. However, participation is also shaped by organizational structures, financial access, family expectations, coaching practices, safety, media representation, previous experience, and personal motivation. Future research should use longitudinal, qualitative, and mixed-method designs to examine how community narratives are formed, challenged, and reshaped over time.