Marilyn Fayre 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 and CEO (Chief Executive Officer) of the National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers (NOCIRC),
- co-editor of the proceedings of the international symposia, published by Springer,
- co-founder and Representative at Genital Autonomy USA, and
- coordinator of International Symposia on Genital Autonomy and Children's Rights at Intactivism
Contents
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.[1] 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.[2]
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 from friction and abrasion throughout life.[3] 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.[4]
Videos
- Speech at the WWDOGA 2015 in Cologne, Germany, 2015-05-07
Publications
- Genital Cutting: Protecting Children from Medical, Cultural, and Religious Infringements, George C. Denniston, Frederick Mansfield Hodges, and Marilyn Fayre Milos, Editors, Springer Publishing, 2013.
- Genital Autonomy: Protecting Personal Choice, George C. Denniston, Frederick Mansfield Hodges, and Marilyn Fayre Milos, Editors, Springer Publishing, 2010.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 The Truth Seeker: Crimes of Genital Mutilation, July/August 1989.
Awards
- 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.
- The Trust Birth Initiative Lifetime Achievement for Protecting Newborns, March 12, 2010.
- Intact America Award for Humanitarian Service, 2009
- Mothering Magazine's "A Living Treasure" recognition, March 2008 issue.
- NurseWeek magazine's Nursing Excellence Award for Patient Advocacy, May 11, 2001.
- 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.
See also
- Genital Autonomy America
- Marilyn Milos on the Front Lines - AAP Convention
- Roughly Cut
- The Penis - Sex Education 101
External links
- National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers
Facebook profile. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
References
- ↑ Marilyn Fayre Milos, "Infant Circumcision: What I Wish I Had Known," Truth Seeker, vol. 1, no. 3 (July–August 1989), p. 3.
- ↑ Leonard B. Glick, Marked in Your Flesh: Circumcision from Ancient Judea to Modern America (New York: Oxford University Press, 2005), p. 4.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Facebook page of the Summit