Marilyn Milos
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Marilyn Milos is founder and director of the National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers (NOCIRC), a genital integrity organization which opposes the genital modification and mutilation of children.
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[edit] Experiences in hospitals
She described her experience witnessing male circumcision thus: "I will go to my grave hearing the screams of that tormented baby in my ears. As I watched in disbelief, I began to cry. The doctor looked up at me and said, 'There is no medical reason for doing this.'"
In 1985, Nurse Marilyn Milos was fired for advising parents against circumcision. In her acceptance speech for a nursing award, she describes her efforts:
As a nurse, I told parents what I wished someone had told me before my sons were circumcised. I thought every parent had a right and an obligation to be fully informed. I was told to keep my mouth shut. So, I made a video of a circumcision for parents. I was told it was too much for parents to see. I said, 'Perhaps, then, it's too much for a baby to endure!' The video was censored, and, in 1985, I got the ultimate censorship I was fired.[1]
[edit] Personal views
Milos went on to found NOCIRC and continue her efforts as an activist. She is currently the director and conference coordinator, speaking out in favor of genital integrity. She has also been a contributor to "Ask the Experts" in Mothering Magazine[2]. She was recently featured on Penn and Teller's television program Bullshit! (episode 3x01 Circumcision), where she explains her view that circumcision is a sex crime.
Marilyn has also voiced strong support for foreskin restoration, saying that "the men who restore say the increased sensation is comparable to the difference between seeing in black and white and seeing in color."
[edit] Publications
Marilyn Milos is the co-editor of the books Sexual Mutilation: A Human Tragedy (1997)[3], Male and Female Circumcision: Medical, Legal, and Ethical Considerations in Pediatric Practice (1999, ISBN 0-306-46131-5), Understanding Circumcision: A Multi-Dimensional Approach to a Multi-Dimensional Problem (2001), Flesh and Blood: Perspectives on the Problem of Circumcision in Contemporary Society (2004), and Bodily Integrity and the Politics of Circumcision: Culture, Controversy, and Change (2006, in publication).
