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'''Marilyn Fayre Milos''', R. N.RN, (b. March {{LifeData|1940-03-22, 1940}}), 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. Milos is

 * coordinator Coordinator of International Symposia on Genital Autonomy and Children's Rights at Intactivism* Member of the Advisory Board of [[Your Whole Baby]]

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; 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:

<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 |last=Milos, |author-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos |first2=Donna |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=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], {{Date|2015-05-07}}

* ''[https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9789400764064| Genital Cutting: Protecting Children from Medical, Cultural, and Religious Infringements]'', George C. Denniston, Frederick Mansfield Hodges, and Marilyn Fayre Milos, Editors, Springer Publishing, 2013.* ''[https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-90-481-9446-9| Genital Autonomy: Protecting Personal Choice]'', George C. Denniston, Frederick Mansfield Hodges, and Marilyn Fayre Milos, Editors, Springer Publishing, 2010.* ''[https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9781402091667| Circumcision and Human Rights]'', George C. Denniston, Frederick Mansfield Hodges, and Marilyn Fayre Milos, Editors, Springer Publishing, 2008.

* ''[https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9780306483332| Flesh and Blood: Perspective on the Problem of Circumcision in Contemporary Society]'', George C. Denniston, Frederick Mansfield Hodges, and Marilyn Fayre Milos, Editors, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Press, 2004.* ''[https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9780306467011| Understanding Circumcision: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to a Multi-Dimensional Problem]'', George C. Denniston, Frederick Mansfield Hodges, and Marilyn Fayre Milos, Editors, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Press, 2001.* ''[https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9780306461316| Male and Female Circumcision: Medical, Legal, and Ethical Considerations in Pediatric Practice]'', George C. Denniston, Frederick Mansfield Hodges, and Marilyn Fayre Milos, Editors, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Press, 1999.* ''[https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9780306455896| Sexual Mutilations: A Human Tragedy]'', George C. Denniston and Marilyn Fayre Milos, editors, Plenum Publishers, 1997.* Milos was the co-editor, with James W. Prescott, PhD, of the proceedings of the First International Symposium on Circumcision, which were published in ''[https://www.scribd.com/document/15791911/The-Truth-Seeker-Crimes-of-Genital-Mutilation| The Truth Seeker: Crimes of Genital Mutilation]'', July/August 1989.

 * ''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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