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'''Marilyn Fayre Milos''', R. N.{{RN}}, (b. 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  * 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.

 * 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 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:

<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>}}

 * [[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 * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgoTRMKrJo4 The Penis - Sex Education 101]}}

* 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}}

 * ''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}}. 

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

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