Quoting%20commentary for Avodah Zarah 39:12

ולאסתכולי מי שרי מיתיבי (דברים כג, י) ונשמרת מכל דבר רע שלא יסתכל אדם באשה נאה ואפילו פנויה באשת איש ואפי' מכוערת

But is even looking permitted? They objected: “You shall guard yourself from every evil thing [implies] that one should not look at a beautiful woman, even if she be unmarried, or at a married woman even if she is ugly,

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