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Marilyn Fayre Milos

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Milos is
 * coCo-founder , president, and CEO ''(Chief Executive Officer)'' Director of the [[NOCIRC|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 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
==Early life==
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">[[Leonard B. Glick]], ''[[Marked in Your Flesh|Marked in Your Flesh: Circumcision from Ancient Judea to Modern America]]'' (New York: Oxford University Press, 2005), p. 4.</ref>
==Support for genital autonomy==
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; 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 (2007), no. 4, pp. 864-869.</ref> She also believes that circumcision of infants should be seen as a human rights issue:
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==Videos==
 
* Informed Consent, created by Marilyn, Sheila Curran, RN, with Dr. Edward Boyce performing a circumcision, and narrated by Troy Christian.
 
* 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
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