Homes That Teach Silence: Domestic Space as a Site of Female Moral Formation in Lion Women of Tehran

Abstract

Space is increasingly recognized in contemporary feminist literary criticism as an active agency in constructing subjectivity, rather than a passive backdrop. This article looks at the Lion Women of Tehran and argues that household space serves as an educational location for the formation of female moral identity through silence, endurance, and emotional regulation. Drawing on feminist spatial theory, the study investigates how homes function as moral training contexts rather than just places of confinement. The story focuses on subtle processes of ethical training that often precede and replace overt resistance. This study contributes to feminist and postcolonial literary studies by shifting the focus away from conspicuous political resistance and toward quiet moral training within private places.