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'''Marilyn Fayre Milos''' , R. N., (* 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.
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==Early life==
Born in San Mateo, California, and professionally trained as a registered nurse, Milos started campaigning against [[circumcision]] with nurses and parents in 1979. The spark for her activism was an experience at a newborn nursery, where she had been instructed to attend a circumcision of an infant boy.<ref>Marilyn Fayre Milos, "Infant Circumcision: What I Wish I Had Known," ''Truth Seeker'', vol. 1, no. 3 (July–August 1989), p. 3.</ref> In 1985, when she was working as a nurse on an obstetrical service, Milos was forced to resign by the hospital administration for discussing circumcision with patients. In the same year, she founded [[NOCIRC]].<ref name=Glick>Leonard B. Glick, ''Marked in Your Flesh: Circumcision from Ancient Judea to Modern America'' (New York: Oxford University Press, 2005), p. 4.</ref>
==Support for genital autonomy==
Milos, who supports genital autonomy for children, bases part of her argument on the fact that the [[foreskin]] protects the [[glans penis|glans]] from friction and abrasion throughout life.<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; see also Morris L. Sorrells, James L. Snyder, Mark D. Reiss, Christopher Eden, Marilyn F. Milos, Norma Wilcox, Robert S. Van Howe, "[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1464-410X.2006.06685.x| Fine-touch Pressure Thresholds in the Adult Penis], ''BJU Int'', vol. 99 (2007), no. 4, pp. 864-869.</ref> She also believes that circumcision of infants should be seen as a [[Human rights|human rights issue]]:
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''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.''<ref>Marilyn Fayre Milos, Donna Macris, "[http://www.cirp.org/library/ethics/milos-macris/| Circumcision: A Medical or a Human Rights Issue?]" ''Journal of Nurse-Midwifery'', vol. 37 (1992), no. 2, sup. 1, pp. S87-S96.</ref>
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* ''[https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9789400764064| Genital Cutting: Protecting Children from Medical, Cultural, and Religious Infringements]'', George C. Denniston, Frederick Mansfield Hodges, and Marilyn Fayre Milos, Editors, Springer Publishing, 2013.* ''[https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-90-481-9446-9| Genital Autonomy: Protecting Personal Choice]'', George C. Denniston, Frederick Mansfield Hodges, and Marilyn Fayre Milos, Editors, Springer Publishing, 2010.* ''[https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9781402091667| Circumcision and Human Rights]'', George C. Denniston, Frederick Mansfield Hodges, and Marilyn Fayre Milos, Editors, Springer Publishing, 2008.
* ''Bodily Integrity and the Politics of Circumcision: Culture, Controversy, and Change'', George C. Denniston, Frederick Mansfield Hodges, and Marilyn Fayre Milos, Editors, Springer Publishing, 2006.
* ''[https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9780306483332| Flesh and Blood: Perspective on the Problem of Circumcision in Contemporary Society]'', George C. Denniston, Frederick Mansfield Hodges, and Marilyn Fayre Milos, Editors, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Press, 2004.* ''[https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9780306467011| Understanding Circumcision: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to a Multi-Dimensional Problem]'', George C. Denniston, Frederick Mansfield Hodges, and Marilyn Fayre Milos, Editors, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Press, 2001.* ''[https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9780306461316| 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.* ''[https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9780306455896| Sexual Mutilations: A Human Tragedy]'', George C. Denniston and Marilyn Fayre Milos, editors, Plenum Publishers, 1997.* Milos was the co-editor, with James W. Prescott, PhD, of the proceedings of the First International Symposium on Circumcision, which were published in ''[https://www.scribd.com/document/15791911/The-Truth-Seeker-Crimes-of-Genital-Mutilation| The Truth Seeker: Crimes of Genital Mutilation]'', July/August 1989.
== Awards ==
{{LINKS}}
* [http://www.nocirc.org/| National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers]
* {{URL-FBprofile|marilyn.milos|2019-09-16}}
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VR4QLB6qRPs Speech at the WWDOGA 2015 in Cologne, Germany], 2015-05-07
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgoTRMKrJo4 The Penis - Sex Education 101]