Difference between revisions of "Marilyn Fayre Milos"

From IntactiWiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
m (Videos: Insert link.)
m
Line 25: Line 25:
  
 
==Videos==
 
==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.
 
* [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.
 
 
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgoTRMKrJo4 The Penis - Sex Education 101], interview with James Loewen.
 
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgoTRMKrJo4 The Penis - Sex Education 101], interview with James Loewen.
 
 
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VR4QLB6qRPs Speech at the WWDOGA 2015 in Cologne, Germany], 2015-05-07
 
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VR4QLB6qRPs Speech at the WWDOGA 2015 in Cologne, Germany], 2015-05-07
 
  
 
{{PUB}}
 
{{PUB}}

Revision as of 07:47, 9 October 2019

Marilyn Milos

Marilyn Fayre Milos, R. N., (b. March 22, 1940) from San Mateo, California (USA), is an intactivist who spoke at the WWDOGA in 2015. She has studied at the College of Marin.

Milos is

  • Co-founder, president, and Executive Director of the National Organization of Circumcision Information Resources Centers (NOCIRC), working to end the non-therapeutic circumcision of baby boys in the USA.
  • Co-editor of the proceedings of the international symposia, published by Springer,
  • Co-founder, president, and Executive Director of Genital Autonomy - America after NOCIRC name change in January 2016, to protect the bodily integrity and genital autonomy of every child — female, intersex, and male.
  • Coordinator of 15 International Symposia on Genital Autonomy, held from 1989 to 2018.
  • coordinator of International Symposia on Genital Autonomy and Children's Rights at Intactivism

Early life

Born in San Mateo, California, and professionally trained as a Registered Nurse at the College of Marin's School of Nursing, Milos started campaigning against routine non-therapeutic circumcision of baby boys when, as a nursing student in 1979, she witnessed the 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 realized that most of the world's males are not circumcised, the important functions of the foreskin, and the harmful consequences of inflicting pain and trauma of a newborn baby, she began giving parents accurate information about circumcision. She was told to keep her mouth shut and, in 1985, she was forced to resign. She founded NOCIRC that same year, 1985.[1]

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 protective, immunological, and sexual functions, and that every child has an inherent right to bodily integrity and genital autonomy (personal choice).[2] She also believes that circumcision of infants should be seen as a human rights issue:

Only by denying the existence of excruciating pain, perinatal encoding of the brain with violence, interruption of maternal-infant bonding, betrayal of infant trust, the risks and effects of permanently altering normal genitalia, the right of human beings to sexually intact and functional bodies, and the right to individual religious freedoms can human beings continue this practice.[3]

Videos

Publications

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", April 9, 1988.
  • NurseWeek magazine's Nursing Excellence Award for Patient Advocacy, May 11, 2001.
  • Mothering Magazine's "A Living Treasure" recognition, March 2008 issue.
  • Intact America Award for Humanitarian Service, 2009
  • The Trust Birth Initiative Lifetime Achievement for Protecting Newborns, March 12, 2010.

See also

External links

References

  1. Leonard B. Glick, Marked in Your Flesh: Circumcision from Ancient Judea to Modern America (New York: Oxford University Press, 2005), p. 4.
  2. "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; see also Morris L. Sorrells, James L. Snyder, Mark D. Reiss, Christopher Eden, Marilyn F. Milos, Norma Wilcox, Robert S. Van Howe, "Fine-touch Pressure Thresholds in the Adult Penis, BJU Int, vol. 99 (2007), no. 4, pp. 864-869.
  3. Marilyn Fayre Milos, Donna Macris, "Circumcision: A Medical or a Human Rights Issue?" Journal of Nurse-Midwifery, vol. 37 (1992), no. 2, sup. 1, pp. S87-S96.
  4. Facebook page of the Summit