Reb Zalman:
That is the problem. I agree with you and asked my LOR, and I am working (otherwise I wouldn’t be here!).
I what to know if their (in Kollel with wives working) LOR told them that their wives should go out, and if they did, then it is an amasla for those who do go out. If they did not ask, how could you blame anyone for thinking that these chashuv beni torah did not ask, and therefore those who do go out just followed the yeshivish velt?