1. Men and women check each other out. It instinctual.
2. That being said, you are correct that no attractive person should be made to feel sexually objectified.
3. Because of the physical, economic and cultural power imbalance between men and women, the more consequential issue is how men view women.
4. To the extent this can be remedied, it means that parents-moms AND dads-have to have repeated talks with their children about how to treat one another. Moms-especially-have to let their sons know how being gawked at makes them feel. Things won’t change imminently, but will over generations.