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'''Marilyn Fayre Milos''' from Santa Mateo, California (USA), is an intactivist who will hold a speech at the [[WWDOGA]] in 2015. She has studied at the College of Marin.
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[[File:MarilynMilos.jpg|thumb|Marilyn 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 studied at the [https://www1.marin.edu/ College of Marin].
  
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Milos is
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== Memberships ==
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* co-founder and CEO ''(Chief Executive Officer)'' of the [[NOCIRC|National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers]],  
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* Co-founder, president, and Executive Director of the [http://www.nocirc.org National Organization of Circumcision Information Resources Centers] (NOCIRC), working to end the non-therapeutic circumcision of baby boys in the USA.
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* co-founder and Representative at Genital Autonomy USA, and
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* Co-editor of the proceedings of the international symposia, published by Springer,
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* coordinator of International Symposia on Genital Autonomy and Children's Rights at Intactivism.
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* 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.
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* Coordinator of 15 International Symposia on Genital Autonomy, held from 1989 to 2018.
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* Coordinator of International Symposia on Genital Autonomy and Children's Rights at Intactivism
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* Member of the Advisory Board of [[Your Whole Baby]]
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* Member of the Board of Directors of [[Intact America]], effective 1 July 2021.
  
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==External links==
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==Early life==
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* [https://www.facebook.com/marilyn.milos Facebook profile]
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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 elective non-therapeutic circumcision of baby boys when, as 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 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]] on 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.<ref name="Glick">{{REFbook
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|last=Glick
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|first=Leonard B.
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|init=LB
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|author-link=Leonard B. Glick
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|title=[[Marked in Your Flesh]]: Circumcision from Ancient Judea to Modern America
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|location=New York, NY
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|publisher={{UNI|Oxford University|Oxon}} Press
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|year=2005
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|page=4
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}}</ref>
  
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== Support for [[genital autonomy]] ==
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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:
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Milos serves on the Board of Directors of [[Intact America]].
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==Quote==
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{{Citation
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|Text=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.
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|Author=Marilyn Fayre Milos
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|ref=<ref>{{REFjournal
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|first=Marilyn Fayre
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|init=MM
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|last=Milos
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|author-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos
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|first2=Donna
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|init2=D
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|last2=Macris
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|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/009121829290012R
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|title=Circumcision: A Medical or a Human Rights Issue?
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|journal=Journal of Nurse-Midwifery
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|volume=37
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|date=1992
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|issue=2, sup. 1
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|pages=S87-S96
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}}</ref>
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}}
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== Award for intactivism ==
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Milos was chosen "[[Intactivist of the Month]]" by [[Intact America]].
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==Videos==
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* [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.
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* The Phil Donohue Show, 17 June 1987.
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<youtube>v=19E-qYM2oaQ</youtube>
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* [[The Penis - Sex Education 101]], interview with [[James Loewen]].
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VR4QLB6qRPs Speech at the WWDOGA 2015 in Cologne, Germany], {{Date|2015-05-07}}
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{{STANDARDWORK}}
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* {{Sorrells etal 2007}}
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{{PUB}}
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* 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.
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* {{REFbook
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|url=https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9780306455896
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|title=Sexual Mutilations: A Human Tragedy
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|editors=[[George C. Denniston]], [[Marilyn Fayre Milos]]
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|publisher=Plenum Publishers
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|year=1997
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}}
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* {{REFbook
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|url=https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9780306461316
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|title=Male and Female Circumcision: Medical, Legal, and Ethical Considerations in Pediatric Practice
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|editors=[[George C. Denniston]], [[Frederick M. Hodges]], [[Marilyn Fayre Milos]]
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|publisher=Kluwer Academic/Plenum Press
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|year=1999
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}}
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* {{REFbook
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|url=https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9780306467011
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|title=Understanding Circumcision: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to a Multi-Dimensional Problem
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|editors=[[George C. Denniston]], [[Frederick M. Hodges]], [[Marilyn Fayre Milos]]
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|publisher=Kluwer Academic/Plenum Press
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|year=2001
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}}
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* {{REFbook
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|url=https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9780306483332
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|title=Flesh and Blood: Perspective on the Problem of Circumcision in Contemporary Society
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|editors=[[George C. Denniston]], [[Frederick M. Hodges]], [[Marilyn Fayre Milos]]
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|publisher=Kluwer Academic/Plenum Press
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|year=2004
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}}
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* {{REFbook
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|url=
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|title=[[Bodily Integrity and the Politics of Circumcision]]: Culture, Controversy, and Change
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|editors=[[George C. Denniston]], [[Frederick M. Hodges]], [[Marilyn Fayre Milos]]
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|publisher=Springer Publishing
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|year=2006
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}}
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* {{REFbook
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|url=https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9781402091667
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|title=Circumcision and Human Rights
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|editors=[[George C. Denniston]], [[Frederick M. Hodges]], [[Marilyn Fayre Milos]]
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|publisher=Springer Publishing
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|year=2008
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}}
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* {{REFbook
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|url=https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-90-481-9446-9
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|title=Genital Autonomy: Protecting Personal Choice
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|editors=[[George C. Denniston]], [[Frederick M. Hodges]], [[Marilyn Fayre Milos]]
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|publisher=Springer Publishing
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|year=2010
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}}
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* {{REFbook
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|url=https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9789400764064
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|title=Genital Cutting: Protecting Children from Medical, Cultural, and Religious Infringements
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|editors=[[George C. Denniston]], [[Frederick M. Hodges]], [[Marilyn Fayre Milos]]
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|publisher=Springer Publishing
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|year=2013
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}}
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* {{REFjournal
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|last=Carmack
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|first=Adrienne
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|init=
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|author-link=Adrienne Carmack
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|last2=Milos
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|first2=Marilyn F.
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|init2=
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|author2-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos
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|etal=no
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|title=Catheterization without foreskin retraction
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|trans-title=
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|language=
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|journal=Can Fam Physician
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|location=
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|date=2017-03
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|volume=63
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|issue=3
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|pages=218-20
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|url=https://www.cfp.ca/content/63/3/218.long
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|archived=
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|quote=
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|pubmedID=28292801
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|pubmedCID=5349724
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|DOI=
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|accessdate=2023-02-16
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}}
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* {{REFweb
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|url=https://intactamerica.org/ask-marilyn-bath-time-turns-a-boys-foreskin-red/
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|title=Ask Marilyn – Bath Time Turns a Boy’s Foreskin Red
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|last=Milos
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|first=
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|init=MF
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|author-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos
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|publisher=Intact America
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|date=2022-03-07
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|accessdate=2024-10-24
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}}
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* {{REFweb
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|url=https://intactamerica.org/ask-marilyn-circumcision-no-surgical-device-is-safe/
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|title=Ask Marilyn – Circumcision: No Surgical Device Is Safe
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|last=Milos
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|first=
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|init=MF
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|author-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos
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|publisher=Intact America
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|date=2022-03-14
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|accessdate=2024-10-24
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}}
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* {{REFweb
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|url=https://intactamerica.org/ask-marilyn-let-the-balloon-go/
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|title=Ask Marilyn – Let the Balloon Go!
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|last=Milos
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|first=
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|init=MF
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|author-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos
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|publisher=Intact America
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|date=2022-03-21
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|accessdate=2024-10-24
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}}
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* {{REFweb
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|url=https://intactamerica.org/ask-marilyn-the-doctor-is-wrong-your-sons-foreskin-is-not-too-tight/
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|title=Ask Marilyn – The Doctor Is Wrong: Your Son’s Foreskin Is Not Too Tight
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|last=Milos
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|first=
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|init=MF
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|author-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos
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|publisher=Intact America
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|date=2022-03-28
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|accessdate=2024-10-24
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}}
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* {{REFweb
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|url=https://intactamerica.org/ask-marilyn-circumcision-is-a-bigger-risk-than-penile-cancer/
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|title=Ask Marilyn – Circumcision Is a Bigger Risk Than Penile Cancer
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|last=Milos
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|first=
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|init=MF
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|author-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos
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|publisher=Intact America
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|date=2022-04-04
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|accessdate=2024-10-24
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}}
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* {{REFweb
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|url=https://intactamerica.org/ask-marilyn-stop-the-steroid-cream/
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|title=Ask Marilyn – Stop the Steroid Cream!
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|last=Milos
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|first=
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|init=MF
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|author-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos
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|publisher=Intact America
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|date=2022-04-11
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|accessdate=2024-10-24
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}}
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* {{REFweb
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|url=https://intactamerica.org/ask-marilyn-a-19-year-old-considers-circumcision/
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|title=Ask Marilyn – 19-year-old Considers Circumcision
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|last=Milos
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|first=
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|init=MF
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|author-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos
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|publisher=Intact America
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|date=2022-05-02
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|accessdate=2024-10-24
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}}
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* {{REFweb
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|url=https://intactamerica.org/ask-marilyn-why-is-sex-with-my-husband-painful/
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|title=Ask Marilyn – Why Is Sex with My Husband Painful?
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|last=Milos
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|first=
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|init=MF
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|author-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos
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|publisher=Intact America
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|date=2022-05-09
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|accessdate=2024-10-24
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}}
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* {{REFweb
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|url=https://intactamerica.org/ask-marilyn-is-foreskin-restoration-worth-the-effort/
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|title=Ask Marilyn – Is Foreskin Restoration Worth the Effort?
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|last=Milos
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|first=
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|init=MF
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|author-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos
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|publisher=Intact America
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|date=2022-05-16
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|accessdate=2024-10-24
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}}
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* {{REFweb
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|url=https://intactamerica.org/ask-marilyn-when-you-and-your-husband-cant-agree-on-keeping-your-son-intact/
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|title=Ask Marilyn – When You and Your Husband Can’t Agree on Keeping Your Son Intact
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|last=Milos
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|first=
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|init=MF
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|author-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos
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|publisher=Intact America
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|date=2022-05-23
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|accessdate=2024-10-24
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}}
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* {{REFweb
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|url=https://intactamerica.org/ask-marilyn-im-cut-and-angry-what-can-i-do/
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|title=Ask Marilyn – I’m Cut and Angry. What Can I Do?
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|last=Milos
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|first=
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|init=MF
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|author-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos
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|publisher=Intact America
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|date=2022-05-30
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|accessdate=2024-10-24
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}}
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* {{REFweb
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|url=https://intactamerica.org/ask-marilyn-do-babies-feel-pain/
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|title=Ask Marilyn – Do Babies Feel Pain?
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|last=Milos
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|first=
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|init=MF
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|author-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos
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|publisher=Intact America
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|date=2022-06-06
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|accessdate=2024-10-24
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}}
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* {{REFweb
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|url=https://intactamerica.org/ask-marilyn-bruised-cervix/
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|title=Ask Marilyn – Bruised Cervix?
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|last=Milos
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|first=
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|init=MF
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|author-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos
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|publisher=Intact America
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|date=2022-06-13
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|accessdate=2024-10-24
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}}
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* {{REFweb
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|url=https://intactamerica.org/ask-marilyn-intact-man-wants-no-more-surprises-with-women/
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|title=Ask Marilyn – Intact Man Wants No More Surprises with Women
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|last=Milos
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|first=
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|init=MF
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|author-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos
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|publisher=Intact America
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|date=2022-06-20
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|accessdate=2024-10-24
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}}
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* {{REFweb
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|url=https://intactamerica.org/ask-marilyn-i-was-circumcised-and-theres-nothing-wrong-with-me-why-do-cut-men-complain/
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|title=Ask Marilyn – I was circumcised, and there’s nothing wrong with me. Why do cut men complain?
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|last=Milos
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|first=
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|init=MF
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|author-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos
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|publisher=Intact America
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|date=2022-06-27
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|accessdate=2024-10-24
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}}
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* {{REFweb
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|url=https://intactamerica.org/ask-marilyn-why-do-they-keep-asking-me-about-circumcising-my-baby-boy/
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|title=Ask Marilyn – Why do they keep asking me about circumcising my baby boy?
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|last=Milos
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|first=
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|init=MF
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|author-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos
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|publisher=Intact America
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|date=2022-07-11
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|accessdate=2024-10-24
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}}
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* {{REFweb
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|url=https://intactamerica.org/ask-marilyn-why-is-vigorous-masturbation-painful-for-this-intact-teen/
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|title=Ask Marilyn—Why Is Vigorous Masturbation Painful for this Intact Teen?
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|last=Milos
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|first=
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|init=MF
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|author-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos
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|publisher=Intact America
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|date=2022-07-25
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|accessdate=2024-10-24
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}}
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* {{REFweb
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|url=https://intactamerica.org/ask-marilyn-how-to-stay-involved/
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|title=Ask Marilyn – How to Stay Involved?
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|last=Milos
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|first=
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|init=MF
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|author-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos
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|publisher=Intact America
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|date=2022-08-01
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|accessdate=2024-10-24
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}}
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* {{REFweb
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|url=https://intactamerica.org/ask-marilyn-circumcised-vs-uncircumcised-babies-how-do-you-care-for-one-or-the-other/
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|title=Ask Marilyn – Circumcised vs Uncircumcised Babies: How Do You Care for One or the Other?
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|last=Milos
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|first=
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|init=MF
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|author-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos
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|publisher=Intact America
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|date=2022-08-08
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|accessdate=2024-10-24
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}}
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* {{REFweb
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|url=https://intactamerica.org/ask-marilyn-whats-the-impact-of-intactivism-conferences/
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|title=Ask Marilyn—What’s the impact of intactivism conferences?
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|last=Milos
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|first=
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|init=MF
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|author-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos
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|publisher=Intact America
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|date=2022-08-22
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|accessdate=2024-10-24
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}}
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* {{REFweb
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|url=https://intactamerica.org/ask-marilyn-is-a-second-circumcision-advisable/
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|title=Ask Marilyn—Is a second circumcision advisable?
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|last=Milos
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|first=
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|init=MF
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|author-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos
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|publisher=Intact America
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|date=2022-09-05
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|accessdate=2024-10-24
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}}
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* {{REFweb
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|url=https://intactamerica.org/ask-marilyn-is-it-normal-to-have-hair-on-your-penis/
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|title=Ask Marilyn—Is It Normal to Have Hair on Your Penis?
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|last=Milos
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|first=
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|init=MF
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|author-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos
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|publisher=Intact America
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|date=2022-09-12
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|accessdate=2024-10-24
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}}
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* {{REFweb
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|url=https://intactamerica.org/ask-marilyn-can-a-tight-foreskin-be-treated-without-circumcision/
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|title=Ask Marilyn—Can a Tight Foreskin be Treated without Circumcision?
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|last=Milos
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|first=
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|init=MF
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|author-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos
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|publisher=Intact America
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|date=2022-09-19
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|accessdate=2024-10-24
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}}
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* {{REFweb
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|url=https://intactamerica.org/ask-marilyn-kiddo-is-having-painful-erections/
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|title=Ask Marilyn—Kiddo Is Having Painful Erections
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|last=Milos
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|first=
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|init=MF
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|author-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos
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|publisher=Intact America
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|date=2022-09-26
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|accessdate=2024-10-24
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}}
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* {{REFweb
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|url=https://intactamerica.org/ask-marilyn-what-are-langerhans-cells/
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|title=Ask Marilyn—What are Langerhans Cells?
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|last=Milos
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|first=
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|init=MF
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|author-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos
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|publisher=Intact America
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|date=2022-10-10
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|accessdate=2024-10-24
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}}
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* {{REFbook
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|last=Milos
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|first=Marilyn
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|init=
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|author-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos
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|year=2024
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|title=Please Don't Cut the Baby: A Nurse's Memoir
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|url=https://skininthegame.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Please_Dont_Cut_The_Baby.PDFPreview.pdf
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|scope=
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|location=Marietta, Georgia
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|publisher=Lucid House Publishing LLC
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|ISBN=978-1950495498
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|format=PDF
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|accessdate=2024-01-28
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}}
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== Awards ==
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* ''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}}.
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* NurseWeek magazine's ''Nursing Excellence Award for Patient Advocacy'', {{Date|2001-05-11}}.
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* Mothering Magazine's ''"A Living Treasure" recognition'', March 2008 issue.
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* ''Intact America Award for Humanitarian Service'', 2009.
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* ''The Trust Birth Initiative Lifetime Achievement for Protecting Newborns'', {{Date|2010-03-12}}.
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* In May 2015, Milos was honored as a "Living Legend" at the 2015 [[BirthKeeper Summit]]<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/events/570864063007948/ Facebook page of the Summit]</ref> in Berkeley, California for her work to end [[MGM|male]], [[FGM|female,]] and [[IGM|intersex genital mutilation]].
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Latest revision as of 13:58, 24 October 2024

Marilyn Milos

Marilyn Fayre Milos, RN[a 1], (born 22 March 1940 in San Mateo, CA, 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 studied at the College of Marin.

Memberships

  • 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
  • Member of the Advisory Board of Your Whole Baby
  • Member of the Board of Directors of Intact America, effective 1 July 2021.

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 elective 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 on 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][3] 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.

Quote

“ 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.
– Marilyn Fayre Milos[4]

Award for intactivism

Milos was chosen "Intactivist of the Month" by Intact America.

Videos

  • Informed Consent, created by Marilyn, Sheila Curran, RN[a 1], with Dr. Edward Boyce performing a circumcision, and narrated by Troy Christian.
  • The Phil Donohue Show, 17 June 1987.

Standard work

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", 9 April 1988.
  • NurseWeek magazine's Nursing Excellence Award for Patient Advocacy, 11 May 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, 12 March 2010.
  • In May 2015, Milos was honored as a "Living Legend" at the 2015 BirthKeeper Summit[5] in Berkeley, California for her work to end male, female, and intersex genital mutilation.

See also

External links

Abbreviations

  1. ↑ a b REFweb Registered nurse, Wikipedia. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  2. ↑ REFweb Doctor of Philosophy, Wikipedia. Retrieved 16 June 2021. (Also abbreviated as D.Phil.)

References

  1. ↑ REFbook Glick LB (2005): Marked in Your Flesh: Circumcision from Ancient Judea to Modern America. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. 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
  3. ↑ ; see also REFjournal Sorrells ML, Snyder JL, Reiss MD, Eden C, Milos MF, Wilcox N, Van Howe RS. Fine‐touch pressure thresholds in the adult penis. BJUI. 19 March 2007; 99(4): 864-9. PMID. DOI. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  4. ↑ REFjournal Milos MM, Macris D. Circumcision: A Medical or a Human Rights Issue?. Journal of Nurse-Midwifery. 1992; 37(2, sup. 1): S87-S96.
  5. ↑ Facebook page of the Summit
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