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'''Marilyn Fayre Milos''', {{RN}}, ({{LifeData|1940-03-22}}), 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 has studied at the College of Marin.

* 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.

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

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).<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:

|url=https://www.springer.com/gp/book/97894007640649780306455896 |title=Genital CuttingSexual Mutilations: A Human Tragedy |editors=[[George C. Denniston]], [[Marilyn Fayre Milos]] |publisher=Plenum Publishers |year=1997}}* {{REFbook |url=https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9780306461316 |title=Male and Female Circumcision: Protecting Children from Medical, CulturalLegal, and Religious InfringementsEthical Considerations in Pediatric Practice

|publisher=Springer PublishingKluwer Academic/Plenum Press |year=20131999

|url=https://linkwww.springer.com/gp/book/10.1007/978-90-481-9446-99780306467011 |title=Genital AutonomyUnderstanding Circumcision: Protecting Personal ChoiceA Multi-Disciplinary Approach to a Multi-Dimensional Problem

|publisher=Springer PublishingKluwer Academic/Plenum Press |year=20102001

|url=https://www.springer.com/gp/book/97814020916679780306483332 |title=Flesh and Blood: Perspective on the Problem of Circumcision and Human Rightsin Contemporary Society

|publisher=Springer PublishingKluwer Academic/Plenum Press |year=20082004

|url=https://www.springer.com/gp/book/97803064833329781402091667 |title=Flesh Circumcision and Blood: Perspective on the Problem of Circumcision in Contemporary SocietyHuman Rights

|publisher=Kluwer Academic/Plenum PressSpringer Publishing |year=20042008

|url=https://wwwlink.springer.com/gpbook/book10.1007/9780306467011978-90-481-9446-9 |title=Understanding CircumcisionGenital Autonomy: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to a Multi-Dimensional ProblemProtecting Personal Choice

|publisher=Kluwer Academic/Plenum PressSpringer Publishing |year=20012010

|url=https://www.springer.com/gp/book/97803064613169789400764064 |title=Male and Female CircumcisionGenital Cutting: Protecting Children from Medical, LegalCultural, and Ethical Considerations in Pediatric PracticeReligious Infringements

|publisher=Kluwer Academic/Plenum PressSpringer Publishing |year=1999}}* {{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=19972013