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'''Marilyn Fayre Milos''' , {{RN}}, (* March {{LifeData|birth=1940-03-22, 1940) from | birthplace=San Mateo, California (CA| birthcountry=USA}}), is an intactivist 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].

Milos is == Memberships ==* coCo-founder , president, and CEO ''(Chief Executive Officer)'' Director of the [[NOCIRC|http://www.nocirc.org National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Resources Centers]] (NOCIRC), working to end the non-therapeutic circumcision of baby boys in the USA.* coCo-editor of the proceedings of the international symposia, published by Springer,* coCo-founder , president, and Representative at Executive Director of Genital Autonomy USA- America after NOCIRC name change in January 2016, to protect the bodily integrity and [[genital autonomy]] of every child — female, intersex, andmale.* Coordinator of 15 International Symposia on Genital Autonomy, held from 1989 to 2018.* coordinator Coordinator of International Symposia on Genital Autonomy and Children's Rights at Intactivism* Member of the Advisory Board of [[Your Whole Baby]]* Member of the Board of Directors of [[Intact America]], effective 1 July 2021.

==PublicationsEarly life==* Born in San Mateo, California, and professionally trained as a Registered Nurse at the College of Marin''Genital Cutting: Protecting Children from Medicals School of Nursing, Milos started campaigning against elective non-therapeutic circumcision of baby boys when, Culturalas a nursing student in 1979, she witnessed the [https://www.reddit.com/r/Intactivism/comments/qbpzqr/trained_medical_professionals_restrain_infant_to/ circumcision of a newborn baby boy]. It was the moment she realized that her doctor had lied to her about what would happen to her own sons behind closed doors. Once she researched the issue and Religious Infringementsrealized that most of the world's males are ''not''[[circumcised]], George C. Dennistonthe important functions of the [[foreskin]], Frederick Mansfield Hodgesand the harmful consequences of inflicting [[pain]] and [[trauma]] on a newborn baby, she began giving parents accurate information about [[circumcision]]. She was told to keep her mouth shut and Marilyn Fayre Milos, Editorsin 1985, Springer Publishingshe was forced to resign. She founded [[NOCIRC]] that same year, 20131985.<ref name="Glick">{{REFbook |last=Glick |first=Leonard B. |init=LB |author-link=Leonard B. Glick |title=[[Marked in Your Flesh]]: Circumcision from Ancient Judea to Modern America |location=New York, NY |publisher={{UNI|Oxford University|Oxon}} Press |year=2005 |page=4}}</ref>

* ''Genital Autonomy: Protecting Personal Choice''== 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, George C. Dennistonimmunological, Frederick Mansfield Hodgesand sexual functions]], and that every child has an inherent right to [[Physical integrity| bodily integrity]] and [[genital autonomy]] (personal choice).<ref>"Marilyn Fayre Milosand Donna Macris note that some have claimed that the [[foreskin]] provides a protective covering for the [[glans]], Editorsmaking the [[uncircumcised]] [[penis]] more sensitive during sexual activity." Stephen Garrard Post, Springer Publishinged., 2010''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:

* ''Circumcision and Human Rights'', George C. Denniston, Frederick Mansfield Hodges, and Marilyn Fayre Milos, Editors, Springer Publishing, 2008serves on the Board of Directors of [[Intact America]].

* ''Bodily Integrity and ==Quote=={{Citation |Text=Only by denying the existence of excruciating pain, perinatal encoding of the Politics brain with violence, interruption of Circumcision: Culturematernal-infant bonding, Controversybetrayal of infant trust, the risks and Change''effects of permanently altering normal genitalia, George C. Denniston, Frederick Mansfield Hodgesthe right of human beings to sexually intact and functional bodies, and the right to individual religious freedoms can human beings continue this practice. |Author=Marilyn Fayre Milos |ref=<ref>{{REFjournal |first=Marilyn Fayre |init=MM |last=Milos |author-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos |first2=Donna |init2=D |last2=Macris |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/009121829290012R |title=Circumcision: A Medical or a Human Rights Issue? |journal=Journal of Nurse-Midwifery |volume=37 |date=1992 |issue=2, Editors, Springer Publishing, 2006sup.1 |pages=S87-S96}}</ref>}}

* ''Flesh and Blood: Perspective on == Award for intactivism ==Milos was chosen "[[Intactivist of the Problem of Circumcision in Contemporary Society'', George C. Denniston, Frederick Mansfield Hodges, and Marilyn Fayre Milos, Editors, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Press, 2004Month]]" by [[Intact America]].

==Videos==* ''Understanding Circumcision[https: A Multi//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-Disciplinary Approach to a MultiqYM2oaQ</youtube>* [[The Penis -Dimensional Problem''Sex Education 101]], George Cinterview with [[James Loewen]].* [https://www.youtube. Dennistoncom/watch?v=VR4QLB6qRPs Speech at the WWDOGA 2015 in Cologne, Frederick Mansfield HodgesGermany], and {{Date|2015-05-07}}Marilyn Fayre Milos, Editors, Kluwer Academicappears in this video:* {{REFweb |url=https://archive.org/details/Plenum Press, 2001AmericanCircumcision |title=American Circumcision. |last=Marotta |first=Brendon |init= |author-link=Brendon Marotta |publisher=Brendon Marotta |date=2017-08-31 |accessdate=2025-06-07}}

{{STANDARDWORK}}* ''Male and Female Circumcision: Medical, Legal, and Ethical Considerations in Pediatric Practice'', George C. Denniston, Frederick Mansfield Hodges, and Marilyn Fayre Milos, Editors, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Press, 1999.{{Sorrells etal 2007}}

{{PUB}}* Milos was the co-editor, with [[James W. Prescott]], {{PhD}}, of the proceedings of the First International Symposium on Circumcision, which were published in ''[[The Truth Seeker]]'', July/August 1989.* {{REFbook |url=https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9780306455896 |title=Sexual Mutilations: A Human Tragedy'' |editors=[[George C. Denniston]], [[Marilyn Fayre Milos]] |publisher=Plenum Publishers |year=1997}}* {{REFjournal |last=Prescott |first= |init=JW |author-link=James W. Prescott |last2=Milos |first2= |init2=MF |author2-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos |last3=Denniston |first3= |init3=GC |author3-link=George C. Denniston |etal=no |title=Circumcision: human rights and ethical medical practice |trans-title= |language= |journal=Humanist |location= |date=1999-05 |volume=59 |issue=3 |pages=45-6 |url= |archived= |quote= |pubmedID=1462705 |pubmedCID= |DOI= |doi= |accessdate=2025-07-05}}* {{REFbook |url=https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9780306461316 |title=Male and Female Circumcision: Medical, Legal, and Ethical Considerations in Pediatric Practice |editors=[[George C. Denniston]], [[Frederick M. Hodges]], [[Marilyn Fayre Milos]] |publisher=Kluwer Academic/Plenum Press |year=1999}}* {{REFbook |url=https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9780306467011 |title=Understanding Circumcision: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to a Multi-Dimensional Problem |editors=[[George C. Denniston]], [[Frederick M. Hodges]], [[Marilyn Fayre Milos]] |publisher=Kluwer Academic/Plenum Press |year=2001}}* {{REFbook |url=https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9780306483332 |title=Flesh and Blood: Perspective on the Problem of Circumcision in Contemporary Society |editors=[[George C. Denniston]], [[Frederick M. Hodges]], [[Marilyn Fayre Milos]] |publisher=Kluwer Academic/Plenum PublishersPress |year=2004}}* {{REFbook |url= |title=[[Bodily Integrity and the Politics of Circumcision]]: Culture, Controversy, and Change |editors=[[George C. Denniston]], [[Frederick M. Hodges]], [[Marilyn Fayre Milos]] |publisher=Springer Publishing |year=2006}}* {{REFbook |url=https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9781402091667 |title=Circumcision and Human Rights |editors=[[George C. Denniston]], [[Frederick M. Hodges]], [[Marilyn Fayre Milos]] |publisher=Springer Publishing |year=2008}}* {{REFbook |url=https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-90-481-9446-9 |title=Genital Autonomy: Protecting Personal Choice |editors=[[George C. Denniston]], [[Frederick M. Hodges]], [[Marilyn Fayre Milos]] |publisher=Springer Publishing |year=2010}}* {{REFbook |url=https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9789400764064 |title=Genital Cutting: Protecting Children from Medical, Cultural, and Religious Infringements |editors=[[George C. Denniston]], [[Frederick M. Hodges]], [[Marilyn Fayre Milos]] |publisher=Springer Publishing |year=2013}}* {{REFjournal |last=Carmack |first=Adrienne |init= |author-link=Adrienne Carmack |last2=Milos |first2=Marilyn F. |init2= |author2-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos |etal=no |title=Catheterization without foreskin retraction |trans-title= |language= |journal=Can Fam Physician |location= |date=2017-03 |volume=63 |issue=3 |pages=218-20 |url=https://www.cfp.ca/content/63/3/218.long |archived= |quote= |pubmedID=28292801 |pubmedCID=5349724 |DOI= |accessdate=2023-02-16}}* {{REFweb |url=https://intactamerica.org/ask-marilyn-bath-time-turns-a-boys-foreskin-red/ |title=Ask Marilyn – Bath Time Turns a Boy’s Foreskin Red |last=Milos |first= |init=MF |author-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos |publisher=Intact America |date=2022-03-07 |accessdate=2024-10-24}}* {{REFweb |url=https://intactamerica.org/ask-marilyn-circumcision-no-surgical-device-is-safe/ |title=Ask Marilyn – Circumcision: No Surgical Device Is Safe |last=Milos |first= |init=MF |author-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos |publisher=Intact America |date=2022-03-14 |accessdate=2024-10-24}}* {{REFweb |url=https://intactamerica.org/ask-marilyn-let-the-balloon-go/ |title=Ask Marilyn – Let the Balloon Go! |last=Milos |first= |init=MF |author-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos |publisher=Intact America |date=2022-03-21 |accessdate=2024-10-24}}* {{REFweb |url=https://intactamerica.org/ask-marilyn-the-doctor-is-wrong-your-sons-foreskin-is-not-too-tight/ |title=Ask Marilyn – The Doctor Is Wrong: Your Son’s Foreskin Is Not Too Tight |last=Milos |first= |init=MF |author-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos |publisher=Intact America |date=2022-03-28 |accessdate=2024-10-24}}* {{REFweb |url=https://intactamerica.org/ask-marilyn-circumcision-is-a-bigger-risk-than-penile-cancer/ |title=Ask Marilyn – Circumcision Is a Bigger Risk Than Penile Cancer |last=Milos |first= |init=MF |author-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos |publisher=Intact America |date=2022-04-04 |accessdate=2024-10-24}}* {{REFweb |url=https://intactamerica.org/ask-marilyn-stop-the-steroid-cream/ |title=Ask Marilyn – Stop the Steroid Cream! |last=Milos |first= |init=MF |author-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos |publisher=Intact America |date=2022-04-11 |accessdate=2024-10-24}}* {{REFweb |url=https://intactamerica.org/ask-marilyn-a-19-year-old-considers-circumcision/ |title=Ask Marilyn – 19-year-old Considers Circumcision |last=Milos |first= |init=MF |author-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos |publisher=Intact America |date=2022-05-02 |accessdate=2024-10-24}}* {{REFweb |url=https://intactamerica.org/ask-marilyn-why-is-sex-with-my-husband-painful/ |title=Ask Marilyn – Why Is Sex with My Husband Painful? |last=Milos |first= |init=MF |author-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos |publisher=Intact America |date=2022-05-09 |accessdate=2024-10-24}}* {{REFweb |url=https://intactamerica.org/ask-marilyn-is-foreskin-restoration-worth-the-effort/ |title=Ask Marilyn – Is Foreskin Restoration Worth the Effort? |last=Milos |first= |init=MF |author-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos |publisher=Intact America |date=2022-05-16 |accessdate=2024-10-24}}* {{REFweb |url=https://intactamerica.org/ask-marilyn-when-you-and-your-husband-cant-agree-on-keeping-your-son-intact/ |title=Ask Marilyn – When You and Your Husband Can’t Agree on Keeping Your Son Intact |last=Milos |first= |init=MF |author-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos |publisher=Intact America |date=2022-05-23 |accessdate=2024-10-24}}* {{REFweb |url=https://intactamerica.org/ask-marilyn-im-cut-and-angry-what-can-i-do/ |title=Ask Marilyn – I’m Cut and Angry. What Can I Do? |last=Milos |first= |init=MF |author-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos |publisher=Intact America |date=2022-05-30 |accessdate=2024-10-24}}* {{REFweb |url=https://intactamerica.org/ask-marilyn-do-babies-feel-pain/ |title=Ask Marilyn – Do Babies Feel Pain? |last=Milos |first= |init=MF |author-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos |publisher=Intact America |date=2022-06-06 |accessdate=2024-10-24}}* {{REFweb |url=https://intactamerica.org/ask-marilyn-bruised-cervix/ |title=Ask Marilyn – Bruised Cervix? |last=Milos |first= |init=MF |author-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos |publisher=Intact America |date=2022-06-13 |accessdate=2024-10-24}}* {{REFweb |url=https://intactamerica.org/ask-marilyn-intact-man-wants-no-more-surprises-with-women/ |title=Ask Marilyn – Intact Man Wants No More Surprises with Women |last=Milos |first= |init=MF |author-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos |publisher=Intact America |date=2022-06-20 |accessdate=2024-10-24}}* {{REFweb |url=https://intactamerica.org/ask-marilyn-i-was-circumcised-and-theres-nothing-wrong-with-me-why-do-cut-men-complain/ |title=Ask Marilyn – I was circumcised, 1997and there’s nothing wrong with me. Why do cut men complain? |last=Milos |first= |init=MF |author-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos |publisher=Intact America |date=2022-06-27 |accessdate=2024-10-24}}* {{REFweb |url=https://intactamerica.org/ask-marilyn-why-do-they-keep-asking-me-about-circumcising-my-baby-boy/ |title=Ask Marilyn – Why do they keep asking me about circumcising my baby boy? |last=Milos |first= |init=MF |author-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos |publisher=Intact America |date=2022-07-11 |accessdate=2024-10-24}}* {{REFweb |url=https://intactamerica.org/ask-marilyn-why-is-vigorous-masturbation-painful-for-this-intact-teen/ |title=Ask Marilyn—Why Is Vigorous Masturbation Painful for this Intact Teen? |last=Milos |first= |init=MF |author-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos |publisher=Intact America |date=2022-07-25 |accessdate=2024-10-24}}* {{REFweb |url=https://intactamerica.org/ask-marilyn-how-to-stay-involved/ |title=Ask Marilyn – How to Stay Involved? |last=Milos |first= |init=MF |author-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos |publisher=Intact America |date=2022-08-01 |accessdate=2024-10-24}}* {{REFweb |url=https://intactamerica.org/ask-marilyn-circumcised-vs-uncircumcised-babies-how-do-you-care-for-one-or-the-other/ |title=Ask Marilyn – Circumcised vs Uncircumcised Babies: How Do You Care for One or the Other? |last=Milos |first= |init=MF |author-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos |publisher=Intact America |date=2022-08-08 |accessdate=2024-10-24}}* {{REFweb |url=https://intactamerica.org/ask-marilyn-whats-the-impact-of-intactivism-conferences/ |title=Ask Marilyn—What’s the impact of intactivism conferences? |last=Milos |first= |init=MF |author-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos |publisher=Intact America |date=2022-08-22 |accessdate=2024-10-24}}* {{REFweb |url=https://intactamerica.org/ask-marilyn-is-a-second-circumcision-advisable/ |title=Ask Marilyn—Is a second circumcision advisable? |last=Milos |first= |init=MF |author-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos |publisher=Intact America |date=2022-09-05 |accessdate=2024-10-24}}* {{REFweb |url=https://intactamerica.org/ask-marilyn-is-it-normal-to-have-hair-on-your-penis/ |title=Ask Marilyn—Is It Normal to Have Hair on Your Penis? |last=Milos |first= |init=MF |author-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos |publisher=Intact America |date=2022-09-12 |accessdate=2024-10-24}}* {{REFweb |url=https://intactamerica.org/ask-marilyn-can-a-tight-foreskin-be-treated-without-circumcision/ |title=Ask Marilyn—Can a Tight Foreskin be Treated without Circumcision? |last=Milos |first= |init=MF |author-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos |publisher=Intact America |date=2022-09-19 |accessdate=2024-10-24}}* {{REFweb |url=https://intactamerica.org/ask-marilyn-kiddo-is-having-painful-erections/ |title=Ask Marilyn—Kiddo Is Having Painful Erections |last=Milos |first= |init=MF |author-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos |publisher=Intact America |date=2022-09-26 |accessdate=2024-10-24}}* {{REFweb |url=https://intactamerica.org/ask-marilyn-what-are-langerhans-cells/ |title=Ask Marilyn—What are Langerhans Cells? |last=Milos |first= |init=MF |author-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos |publisher=Intact America |date=2022-10-10 |accessdate=2024-10-24}}* {{REFbook |last=Milos |first=Marilyn |init= |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 |scope= |location=Marietta, Georgia |publisher=Lucid House Publishing LLC |ISBN=978-1950495498 |format=PDF |accessdate=2024-01-28 }}

== Awards ==* Milos was the co''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-editor09}}.* NurseWeek magazine's ''Nursing Excellence Award for Patient Advocacy'', with James W{{Date|2001-05-11}}. Prescott* Mothering Magazine's ''"A Living Treasure" recognition'', PhDMarch 2008 issue.* ''Intact America Award for Humanitarian Service'', of the proceedings of the First International Symposium on Circumcision, which were published in 2009.* ''The Truth Seeker: Crimes of Genital MutilationTrust Birth Initiative Lifetime Achievement for Protecting Newborns'', July/August 1989{{Date|2010-03-12}}. ==Awards==

{{SEEALSO}}* [[Genital Autonomy America]]* [[Intact America]]* [[Marilyn Milos on the Front Lines - AAP Convention]]* [[Roughly Cut]]* [[Intactivism]]* [[United States of America]]{{LINKS}}* ''The Trust Birth Initiative Lifetime Achievement for Protecting Newborns'', March 12, 2010[http://www.nocirc.org/ National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers]* {{URL-FBprofile|marilyn.milos|2019-09-16}}* ''Intact [http://www.gaamerica.org Genital Autonomy America Award for Humanitarian Service'', 2009]

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