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'''Marilyn Fayre Milos''', R. N.{{RN}}, (* March {{LifeData|1940-03-22, 1940}}) from San Mateo, California (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, is an [[intactivist]] who spoke at the [[WWDOGA]] in 2015. She has studied at the College of Marin.

Milos is == Memberships ==* coCo-founder , president, and CEO ''(Chief Executive Officer)'' Director of the [[NOCIRC|http://www.nocirc.org National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Resources Centers]] (NOCIRC), working to end the non-therapeutic circumcision of baby boys in the USA.* coCo-editor of the proceedings of the international symposia, published by Springer,* coCo-founder , president, and Representative at Executive Director of Genital Autonomy USA- America after NOCIRC name change in January 2016, to protect the bodily integrity and genital autonomy of every child — female, intersex, andmale.* coordinator 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.

Born in San Mateo, California, and professionally trained as a registered nurseRegistered Nurse at the College of Marin's School of Nursing, Milos started campaigning against [[routine non-therapeutic circumcision]] with nurses and parents of baby boys when, as a nursing student in 1979, she witnessed the circumcision of a newborn baby boy. The spark for her activism It was an experience at a newborn nursery, where the moment she realized that her doctor had been instructed lied to her about what would happen to attend a circumcision her own sons behind closed doors. Once she researched the issue and realized that most of an infant boy.<ref>Marilyn Fayre Milosthe world's males are not circumcised, "Infant Circumcision: What I Wish I Had Knownthe important functions of the foreskin," ''Truth Seeker''and the harmful consequences of inflicting pain and trauma of a newborn baby, volshe began giving parents accurate information about circumcision. 1She was told to keep her mouth shut and, no. 3 (July–August 1989), p. 3.</ref> In 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 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]]: 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 part of her argument arguments on the fact that the [[foreskin]] protects the [[glans penis|glans]] from friction is a normal body structure with protective, immunological, and sexual functions, and that every child has an inherent right to bodily integrity and abrasion throughout lifegenital 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>==Quote=={{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'', vol. |volume=37 ( |date=1992), no. |issue=2, sup. 1, pp. |pages=S87-S96.}}</ref></blockquote>}}

 * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VR4QLB6qRPs Speech at the WWDOGA 2015 in ColognelR1XgKuKb5I Informed Consent], created by Marilyn, Sheila Curran, RN, with Dr. Edward Boyce performing a circumcision, Germanyand narrated by Troy Christian.* [[The Penis - Sex Education 101]], 2015-05-07interview with [[James Loewen]].* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgoTRMKrJo4 The Penis VR4QLB6qRPs Speech at the WWDOGA 2015 in Cologne, Germany], {{Date|2015-05- Sex Education 101]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/97894007640649780306455896 | Genital Cuttingtitle=Sexual Mutilations: Protecting Children from Medical, Cultural, and Religious Infringements]'', A Human Tragedy |editors=[[George C. Denniston]], Frederick Mansfield Hodges, and [[Marilyn Fayre Milos, Editors, Springer Publishing, 2013.]] |publisher=Plenum Publishers |year=1997}}* ''[{{REFbook |url=https://linkwww.springer.com/gp/book/10.1007/978-90-481-9446-99780306461316 | Genital Autonomytitle=Male and Female Circumcision: Protecting Personal Choice]''Medical, Legal, and Ethical Considerations in Pediatric Practice |editors=[[George C. Denniston]], [[Frederick Mansfield M. Hodges]], and [[Marilyn Fayre Milos, Editors, Springer Publishing, 2010.]] |publisher=Kluwer Academic/Plenum Press |year=1999}}* ''[{{REFbook |url=https://www.springer.com/gp/book/97814020916679780306467011 | title=Understanding Circumcision and Human Rights]'', : A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to a Multi-Dimensional Problem |editors=[[George C. Denniston]], [[Frederick Mansfield M. Hodges]], and [[Marilyn Fayre Milos, Editors, Springer Publishing, 2008.]] |publisher=Kluwer Academic/Plenum Press |year=2001}}* ''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.{{REFbook* ''[ |url=https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9780306483332 | title=Flesh and Blood: Perspective on the Problem of Circumcision in Contemporary Society]'', |editors=[[George C. Denniston]], [[Frederick Mansfield M. Hodges]], and [[Marilyn Fayre Milos, Editors, ]] |publisher=Kluwer Academic/Plenum Press, |year=2004.}}* ''[https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9780306467011{{REFbook | Understanding title=Bodily Integrity and the Politics of Circumcision: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to a Multi-Dimensional Problem]''Culture, Controversy, and Change |editors=[[George C. Denniston]], [[Frederick Mansfield M. Hodges]], and [[Marilyn Fayre Milos, Editors, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Press, 2001.]] |publisher=Springer Publishing |year=2006}}* ''[{{REFbook |url=https://www.springer.com/gp/book/97803064613169781402091667 | Male and Female title=Circumcision: Medical, Legal, and Ethical Considerations in Pediatric Practice]'', Human Rights |editors=[[George C. Denniston]], [[Frederick Mansfield M. Hodges]], and [[Marilyn Fayre Milos, Editors, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Press, 1999.]] |publisher=Springer Publishing |year=2008}}* ''[{{REFbook |url=https://wwwlink.springer.com/gpbook/book10.1007/9780306455896978-90-481-9446-9 | Sexual Mutilationstitle=Genital Autonomy: A Human Tragedy]'', Protecting Personal Choice |editors=[[George C. Denniston and ]], [[Frederick M. Hodges]], [[Marilyn Fayre Milos, editors, Plenum Publishers, 1997.]] |publisher=Springer Publishing |year=2010}}* Milos was the co-editor, with James W. Prescott, PhD, of the proceedings of the First International Symposium on Circumcision, which were published in ''[{{REFbook |url=https://www.scribdspringer.com/documentgp/15791911book/The-Truth-Seeker-Crimes-of-9789400764064 |title=Genital-MutilationCutting: Protecting Children from Medical, Cultural, and Religious Infringements | The Truth Seeker: Crimes of Genital Mutilationeditors=[[George C. Denniston]]'', July/August 1989[[Frederick M.Hodges]], [[Marilyn Fayre Milos]] |publisher=Springer Publishing |year=2013}}

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

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