What Do I Know About My Norm Entrepreneur?

The original norm entrepreneur for the anti-circumcision movement in the United States was Marilyn Milos, a registered nurse who decided to oppose routine circumcision of infant boys after assisting with the procedure in the 1970s. She was fired from her job for mobilizing other nurses to refuse to assist in circumcisions and later founded the National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers. NOCIRC became highly influential in the American movement against circumcision, which grew slowly over the following two decades to include a number of other US-based organizations alongside NOCIRC's network of information centers.

In 2008, a steering committee consisting of leaders from many of these affiliate groups united under the banner of INTACT America, a formal non-profit seeking to lobby Congress and the medical industry against circumcision and also seeking consultative status at the United Nations. This organization brings together both domestic-based lobbyists and those members of the movement who have sought to globalize an anti-circumcision norm through the United Nations or by networking with intactivists in other countries.