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'''Marilyn Fayre Milos''', R. N.{{RN}}, (b. March {{LifeData|birth=1940-03-22, 1940) from | birthplace=San Mateo, California (CA| birthcountry=USA}}), is an who has championed the rights of infants and children to bodily integrity and [[genital autonomy]] since witnessing [[intactivistcircumcision]] who 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  * 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-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 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.

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 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 of ]] 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 |last=Glick |first=Leonard B. |init=LB |author-link=Leonard B. Glick]], '' |title=[[Marked in Your Flesh|Marked in Your Flesh]]: Circumcision from Ancient Judea to Modern America]]'' ( |location=New York: , NY |publisher={{UNI|Oxford University |Oxon}} Press, |year=2005), p. |page=4.}}</ref>

==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 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 (etal 2007), no. 4, pp. 864-869.}}</ref> She also believes that [[circumcision ]] of infants should be seen as a [[human rights ]] issue:

<blockquote>''Only by denying Milos serves on the existence Board of excruciating pain, perinatal encoding Directors 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, "[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/009121829290012R| Circumcision: A Medical or a Human Rights Issue?[Intact America]]" ''Journal of Nurse-Midwifery'', vol. 37 (1992), no. 2, sup. 1, pp. S87-S96.</ref></blockquote>

==VideosQuote=={{Citation |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. |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, sup. 1 |pages=S87-S96}}</ref>}}

* == Award for intactivism ==Milos was chosen "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR1XgKuKb5I Informed Consent[Intactivist of the Month]], created " by Marilyn, Sheila Curran, RN, with Dr. Edward Boyce performing a circumcision, and narrated by Troy Christian[[Intact America]].

==Videos==* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgoTRMKrJo4 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}}

* 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}}* {{REFbook |url=https://www.springer.com/gp/book/97894007640649780306461316 | Genital Cuttingtitle=Male and Female Circumcision: Protecting Children from Medical, CulturalLegal, and Religious Infringements]'', Ethical Considerations in Pediatric Practice |editors=[[George C. Denniston]], [[Frederick Mansfield M. Hodges]], and [[Marilyn Fayre Milos, Editors, Springer Publishing, 2013.]] |publisher=Kluwer Academic/Plenum Press |year=1999}}* ''[{{REFbook |url=https://linkwww.springer.com/gp/book/10.1007/9789780306467011 |title=Understanding Circumcision: A Multi-90Disciplinary Approach to a Multi-481-9446-9Dimensional Problem | Genital Autonomy: Protecting Personal Choice]'', editors=[[George C. Denniston]], [[Frederick Mansfield M. Hodges]], and [[Marilyn Fayre Milos, Editors, Springer Publishing, 2010.]] |publisher=Kluwer Academic/Plenum Press |year=2001}}* ''[{{REFbook |url=https://www.springer.com/gp/book/97814020916679780306483332 | title=Flesh and Blood: Perspective on the Problem of Circumcision and Human Rights]'', in Contemporary Society |editors=[[George C. Denniston]], [[Frederick Mansfield M. Hodges]], and [[Marilyn Fayre Milos, Editors, Springer Publishing, 2008.]] |publisher=Kluwer Academic/Plenum Press |year=2004}}* ''{{REFbook |url= |title=[[Bodily Integrity and the Politics of Circumcision]]: Culture, Controversy, and Change'', |editors=[[George C. Denniston]], [[Frederick Mansfield M. Hodges]], and [[Marilyn Fayre Milos, Editors, ]] |publisher=Springer Publishing, |year=2006.}}* ''[{{REFbook |url=https://www.springer.com/gp/book/97803064833329781402091667 | Flesh title=Circumcision and Blood: Perspective on the Problem of Circumcision in Contemporary Society]'', Human Rights |editors=[[George C. Denniston]], [[Frederick Mansfield M. Hodges]], and [[Marilyn Fayre Milos, Editors, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Press, 2004.]] |publisher=Springer Publishing |year=2008}}* ''[{{REFbook |url=https://wwwlink.springer.com/gpbook/book10.1007/9780306467011978-90-481-9446-9 | Understanding Circumcisiontitle=Genital Autonomy: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to a Multi-Dimensional Problem]'', Protecting Personal Choice |editors=[[George C. Denniston]], [[Frederick Mansfield M. Hodges]], and [[Marilyn Fayre Milos, Editors, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Press, 2001.]] |publisher=Springer Publishing |year=2010}}* ''[{{REFbook |url=https://www.springer.com/gp/book/97803064613169789400764064 | Male and Female Circumcisiontitle=Genital Cutting: Protecting Children from Medical, LegalCultural, and Ethical Considerations in Pediatric Practice]'', Religious Infringements |editors=[[George C. Denniston]], [[Frederick Mansfield M. Hodges]], and [[Marilyn Fayre Milos, Editors, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Press, 1999]] |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.springercfp.comca/content/gp63/book3/9780306455896218.long |archived= |quote= |pubmedID=28292801 |pubmedCID=5349724 |DOI= |accessdate=2023-02-16}}* {{REFbook |last=Milos |first=Marilyn |init= | Sexual Mutilations: A Human Tragedy]'', George C. Denniston and author-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos, editors, Plenum Publishers, 1997.* Milos was |year=2024 |title=Please Don't Cut the co-editor, with James W. Prescott, PhD, of the proceedings of the First International Symposium on Circumcision, which were published in Baby: A Nurse''[s Memoir |url=https://wwwskininthegame.scribdwpengine.com/documentwp-content/uploads/157919112023/The09/Please_Dont_Cut_The_Baby.PDFPreview.pdf |scope= |location=Marietta, Georgia |publisher=Lucid House Publishing LLC |ISBN=978-Truth1950495498 |format=PDF |accessdate=2024-Seeker01-Crimes-of-Genital-Mutilation| The Truth Seeker: Crimes of Genital Mutilation]'', July/August 1989.28 }}

 * ''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, {{Date|1988-04-09}}. * NurseWeek magazine's ''Nursing Excellence Award for Patient Advocacy'', May {{Date|2001-05-11, 2001}}. 

 * ''Intact America Award for Humanitarian Service'', 2009.* ''The Trust Birth Initiative Lifetime Achievement for Protecting Newborns'', March {{Date|2010-03-12, 2010}}. 

* [[The Penis - Sex Education 101Intactivism]]* [[United States of America]]

* [http://www.nocirc.org/| National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers]

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