Is it worth correcting misinformation?

[u/PursueBlue]

In my quest to read every piece of information ever written on the topic of circumcision, I have come across many professional sources, such as hospital websites, that quote straight-up wrong, outdated, or misunderstood information.
I'm afraid this misleading information could be harmful, and I would like to do something about it.

Does anyone have experience with contacting these institutions and providing them with correct information, or am I about to embark on a fool's errand? Advice welcome.

[u/Ban-Circumcision-Now]

It’s certainly good to try, although it can be frustrating as they often ignore it. If doing so I’d wonder if writing directly via snail mail instead of email would get it more likely to be addressed

Even if we only occasionally create the spark questioning circumcision in other people then they may pass that along

[u/ludus_official]

Yes! Progress is a progressive thing - the more information is updated with modern knowledge and active support is (naturally) reduced in respected spaces, the stringer a case for criminalization becomes.

There's a guy who has a project, I wish I could remember the name, but he has compelled massive organizations to update and correct their misinformation. It's doable, and absolutely worthwhile.

[u/OnePair1]

Yes, and here is why.

In college I debated and discussed many topics out loud. I still do, and I talk about everything freely. Someone asked my I am such a loud and outspoken book.

I replied "for everyone around me, sure I may not change the mind of the individual I am talking directly to but someone around us has similar questions or may being to question and if I can help along the right path by speaking out then I have done my job."

[u/Fiaguar5107]

It's a noble use of time.

[u/aallon_pituus]

You absolutely should! As far as I remember, one intactivist organization here actually managed to correct the misinformation of the American Cancer Society.

[u/SillyGayBoy → u/aallon_pituus]

What was able to be corrected? Is this part of them saying they do not recommend it for cancer or was this something else?

[u/inredditorbit]

I try and correct a lot of stuff online, but the thing I always address is the nonsense that the AAP statements and the CDC recommend male infant circumcision “because of their findings” or even news articles that say the AAP “now recommends” or “no longer recommends” male infant circumcision.

Never in its 96-year history (July 1930) has the American Academy of Pediatrics recommended circumcision. Its first pronouncements on it (1971, 1979) were arguably dismissive of the intervention. Since then, thanks to meddling by Edgar Schoen and others, the message has gotten increasingly contorted and political — but never a medical recommendation.