Reference for Bava Batra 114:6

א"ר יוחנן משום ר' בנאה בכל שותפין מעכבין זה את זה חוץ מן הכביסה שאין דרכן של בנות ישראל להתבזות על הכביסה

and [commenting on this] R. Hiyya b. Abba said: This refers to a man who does not look at the women when they are washing [clothes]. How are we to understand this? If there is another road, then if [he does not take it] he is wicked.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because it is a duty to keep away from temptation. ');">¹¹</span> If there is no other road, then how can he help himself? — We suppose that there is no other road, and even so it is incumbent on him to hide his eyes from them.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'to constrain himself'. ');">¹²</span>

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