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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==Early life==Born in San Mateo, presidentCalifornia, and Executive Director professionally trained as a Registered Nurse at the College of Genital Autonomy Marin's School of Nursing, Milos started campaigning against elective non- America after NOCIRC name change therapeutic circumcision of baby boys when, as a nursing student in January 20161979, 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 protect her about what would happen to her own sons behind closed doors. Once she researched the bodily integrity issue and genital autonomy realized that most of every child — femalethe world's males are ''not'' [[circumcised]], intersexthe important functions of the [[foreskin]], and the harmful consequences of inflicting [[pain]] and [[trauma]] on a newborn baby, she began giving parents accurate information about [[circumcision]]. She was told to keep her mouth shut and male, 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]]: Circumcision from Ancient Judea to Modern America |location=New York, NY |publisher={{UNI|Oxford University|Oxon}} Press |year=2005 |page=4}}</ref>

* Coordinator of 15 International Symposia == Support for [[genital autonomy]] ==Milos, who supports [[genital autonomy]] for all children, bases her arguments on Genital Autonomythe fact that the [[foreskin]] is a normal body structure with [[Foreskin#Protective_functions| protective, held from 1989 immunological, and sexual functions]], and that every child has an inherent right to 2018[[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 {{Sorrells etal 2007}}</ref> She also believes that [[circumcision]] of infants should be seen as a [[human rights]] issue:

* coordinator Milos serves on the Board of International Symposia on Genital Autonomy and Children's Rights at IntactivismDirectors of [[Intact America]].

==Early lifeQuote==Born in San Mateo, California, and professionally trained as a Registered Nurse at {{Citation |Text=Only by denying the College existence of Marin's School excruciating pain, perinatal encoding of Nursingthe brain with violence, Milos started campaigning against routine noninterruption of maternal-therapeutic circumcision infant bonding, betrayal of baby boys when, as a nursing student in 1979infant trust, 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 risks and realized that most effects of the world's males are not circumcisedpermanently altering normal genitalia, the important functions right of the foreskinhuman beings to sexually intact and functional bodies, and the harmful consequences of inflicting pain and trauma of a newborn baby, she began giving parents accurate information about circumcision. She was told right to keep her mouth shut and, in 1985, she was forced to resign. She founded [[NOCIRC]] that same year, 1985individual religious freedoms can human beings continue this practice. |Author=Marilyn Fayre Milos |ref=<ref name>{{REFjournal |first=Marilyn Fayre |init="Glick">[[Leonard BMM |last=Milos |author-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos |first2=Donna |init2=D |last2=Macris |url=https://www.sciencedirect. Glick]], ''[[Marked in Your Fleshcom/science/article/abs/pii/009121829290012R |Marked in Your Flesh: title=Circumcision from Ancient Judea to Modern America]]'' (New York: Oxford University Press, 2005)A Medical or a Human Rights Issue? |journal=Journal of Nurse-Midwifery |volume=37 |date=1992 |issue=2, p. 4sup.1 |pages=S87-S96}}</ref>}}

==Support Award for genital autonomyintactivism ==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>was chosen "Marilyn Milos and Donna Macris note that some have claimed that [[Intactivist of 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, Month]]"by [[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1464-410X.2006.06685.x| Fine-touch Pressure Thresholds in the Adult PenisIntact America]], ''BJU Int'', vol. 99 (2007), no. 4, pp. 864-869.</ref> She also believes that circumcision of infants should be seen as a human rights issue:

<blockquote>==Videos==''Only * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR1XgKuKb5I Informed Consent], created by denying the existence of excruciating painMarilyn, perinatal encoding of the brain with violence[[Sheila Curran]], interruption of maternal-infant bonding{{RN}}, betrayal of infant trustwith Dr. Edward Boyce performing a circumcision, the risks and effects of permanently altering normal genitalianarrated by Troy Christian.* The Phil Donohue Show, the right of human beings to sexually intact and functional bodies, and the right to individual religious freedoms can human beings continue this practice17 June 1987.''<refyoutube>Marilyn Fayre Milosv=19E-qYM2oaQ</youtube>* [[The Penis - Sex Education 101]], Donna Macris, "interview with [[James Loewen]].* [https://www.sciencedirectyoutube.com/science/article/abs/pii/009121829290012R| Circumcision: A Medical or a Human Rights Issuewatch?v=VR4QLB6qRPs Speech at the WWDOGA 2015 in Cologne, Germany]" ''Journal of Nurse, {{Date|2015-Midwifery'', vol. 37 (1992), no. 2, sup. 1, pp. S8705-S96.</ref></blockquote>07}}

==Videos=={{STANDARDWORK}}* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR1XgKuKb5I Informed Consent], created by Marilyn, Sheila Curran, RN, with Dr. Edward Boyce performing a circumcision, and narrated by Troy Christian.* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgoTRMKrJo4 The Penis - Sex Education 101], interview with James Loewen.* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VR4QLB6qRPs Speech at the WWDOGA 2015 in Cologne, Germany], 2015-05-07{{Sorrells etal 2007}}

* 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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