Early sex relations raise another serious question, that of cancer. Medical studies for a number of years have shown that cancer of the cervix is more prevalent in women who have indulged in premature sex relations during their early teens. The most dangerous time is apparently between fourteen to eigthteen years age. But here is something surprising. Cancer of the cervix occurs less frequently in women if the husband has been circumcised. We are not yet certain why this should be, but this common form of cancer is far less common in countries where circumcision is routinely practiced. In any case. it is safer for a girl to wait until she mature before entering into any sex relations