The present article seeks to examine the relationship between the gender of fictional characters and place in Zoya Pirzad's The Acrid taste of Persimmon Short Story, based on the theory of place semiotics. In this story, the life of a traditional woman is narrated who does not leave the shell of gender stereotypes until the end of the story.The house (place), which plays a pivotal role in The Acrid taste of Persimmon, is a realm full of signs that become part of the identity of the female character. In fact, the house and the activities inside it find a feminine identity and outside and everything that belongs to it, they find a masculine identity.The results show that the Acrid taste of Persimmon has been successful in representing gender (female / inside and male / outside) by relying on symptoms.