Yitay: I used to think like Akuperma, then I saw that Gemara and thought like you. Then I realized that the Gemara wasn’t talking about the Issur Histaklus but about the issue of V’nishmarta. The point was that these women were so exceptionally beautiful that even seeing them could be a problem.
And about your Diyuk in the Lashon, the Aramaic Shorech Istakula is closer to the Hebrew R’iyah than to Histaklus.