I remember the article and the original photo. I thought the photo helped get the message across quite well. I'm probably more puritan than most Medium contributors. I did not see a problem with the photo--for the message you were trying to send. .
I went back to the original article. Obviously, it did not go very far on Medium. I'm surprised it even got hunted down and censored.
I followed one fellow for his political writing. But he also had a streak of erotica, which brought other erotica to my feed. I de-followed him. His words were more damaging to the moral fabric than your picture.