Jesus is not saying that lust or desire are wrong, and the phrasing is better put “if anyone looks at a woman in order to lust”, which shows us that Jesus is challenging those who look just for the purpose of arousing lust/desire. In the ancient world lust was seen as a woman’s fault – that her beauty sent out powerful rays that a man was unable to resist. But Jesus is firmly placing the responsibility on the one who is doing the looking. And his solution is a radical one. He’s not literally advocating for