Bill Clinton's Last photoshoot as president

I stumbled upon this relitivly interesting portrait the other day, taken during Bill Clinton's last official photoshoot as president by 'Platon'. 

Interestingly- this shot was said to be inspired by the Lincoln Memorial, However many people believe that instead the photographer was trying to obviously referencing the Monica Lewinsky scandal. Bob King, when interviewed on  Larry King Live said "The tie is an arrow pointing to his penis, his legs are splayed to present his crotch to us, his hands are big to grope you, and he's smiling in a way to say I got away with it"

To me I'd say this was deliberately done, the angle of the photo, and the focal point were deliberate decisions made by Planton and therefore I would suggest he had his own agenda whilst photographing Clinton. 

This opens up an interesting discussion about a photographer applying their own meaning and beliefs to an image without applying the subject knowing what is happening. Of course- you cannot tell  for sure if it was intended in this case or rather just how it was interpreted by the viewers- either way I find it pretty interesting.  Is it morally okay to portray a person in a particular way (that they would not be okay with) through portraiture? 

It makes me think of how much control we as photographers really have on the way people can be depicted in images.