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Marilyn Fayre Milos

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'''Marilyn Fayre Milos''', {{RN}}, ({{LifeData|birth=1940-03-22| birthplace=San Mateo, CA| birthcountry=USA}}), who has championed the rights of infants and children to bodily integrity and [[genital autonomy]] since witnessing [[circumcision]] as a nursing student in 1979, spoke at the [[WWDOGA]] in 2015. She has studied at the [https://www1.marin.edu/ College of Marin].
== Memberships ==
== Support for [[genital autonomy]] ==
Milos, who supports [[genital autonomy]] for all children, bases her arguments on the fact that the [[foreskin]] is a normal body structure with [[Foreskin#Protective_functions| protective, immunological, and sexual functions]], and that every child has an inherent right to [[Physical integrity| bodily integrity ]] and [[genital autonomy]] (personal choice).<ref>"Marilyn Milos and Donna Macris note that some have claimed that the [[foreskin ]] provides a protective covering for the [[glans]], making the [[uncircumcised]] [[penis ]] more sensitive during sexual activity." Stephen Garrard Post, ed., ''Encyclopedia of Bioethics'', 5 vols (3rd edition; New York: MacMillan Reference, 2004), vol. 1, p. 422</ref><ref>; see also {{Sorrells etal 2007}}</ref> She also believes that [[circumcision ]] of infants should be seen as a [[human rights]] issue:
Milos serves on the Board of Directors of [[Intact America]].
==Videos==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR1XgKuKb5I Informed Consent], created by Marilyn, [[Sheila Curran]], {{RN}}, with Dr. Edward Boyce performing a circumcision, and narrated by Troy Christian.* The Phil Donohue Show, 17 June 1987.<youtube>v=19E-qYM2oaQ</youtube>
* [[The Penis - Sex Education 101]], interview with [[James Loewen]].
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VR4QLB6qRPs Speech at the WWDOGA 2015 in Cologne, Germany], {{Date|2015-05-07}}
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* {{REFbook
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|first=Marilyn
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|author-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos
|year=2024
|title=Please Don't Cut the Baby: A Nurse's Memoir
|url=https://skininthegame.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Please_Dont_Cut_The_Baby.PDFPreview.pdf
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|location=Marietta, Georgia
|publisher=Lucid House Publishing LLC
|ISBN=978-1950495498
|format=PDF
|accessdate=2024-01-28
}}
 
== Awards ==
* ''The Maurine Ricke Award'', California Nurses' Association Award for Clinical Excellence in Perinatal Nursing "for her dedication and unwavering commitment to righting a wrong", {{Date|1988-04-09}}.
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Genital Autonomy America]]
* [[Intact America]]
* [[Marilyn Milos on the Front Lines - AAP Convention]]
* [[Roughly Cut]]
* [[Intactivism]]* [[United States of America]]
{{LINKS}}
* [http://www.nocirc.org/ National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers]
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