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She’s afraid he would kill her if she told him that.
Isn’t it interesting that much of the same crowd that claims that Chazal got science wrong but we should continue following Chaal’s end-result psak based on that “wrong science”, also posits that we should not follow Chazal’s instructions on doing Metzitza B’Peh because the science is incorrect today.
Notice the vastly differing responses between Slifkin and Rabbi Nosson Kamenetzky when the gedolim assured their books. Rabbi Kamenetzky also disagreed with the ban (even after it was issued) and said as much. But, nevertheless, he immediately withdrew his book from circulation and print. And he never once attacked the gedolim and even though he disagreed with them he followed their instruction vis-a-vis his book.
On the other hand, not only did Slifkin not follow the instructions of the gedolim, and instead tried to cobble together a few rabbis of notably lesser stature to back him, but he furthermore then went on the personal warpath against the gedolim who banned his book. Something that he continues prosecuting years later.
VM: “it is likely that halacha will move in the direction of the group with a specific interest”
This isn’t a correct assumption, as when each individual asks his own Rov, his own Rov will pasken based on his own psak of which shitta he holds of. Even if that isn’t the “popular” shitta or the one being propagated by interested parties.
So your fear is unfounded.
My Rov, who was niftar about 20 years ago and was one of the gedolei rabbonim of the previous dor, would never call his wife by her name in public. Public, as in shul when there were other people around.