Continuity mistake: In the laundry room when Penny is talking to Sheldon, Sheldon takes some time arranging a blue shirt on his plastic laundry folder. Then it suddenly turns into a pair of socks, which he folds and then picks up the blue shirt again. There was not enough time for him to switch out the shirt for the socks. (00:06:30)
The Vartabedian Conundrum - S2-E10
Continuity mistake: When Leonard and Penny are talking in the dryer room, the size of the towel Penny is folding keeps changing. (00:15:00)
The Financial Permeability - S2-E14
Continuity mistake: When the guys are using the whiteboard to figure out their cinema plans, Sheldon draws two black X's on the board with a marker. In the following shots the appearance of the X's changes. (00:00:30)
The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis - S2-E11
Continuity mistake: When Sheldon emerges with all of the bath item gift baskets for Penny, he drops them on the floor and chair. Between shots one of the baskets on the chair changes from being an upright green-ribboned basket, to a toppled-over white-ribboned basket. (00:19:50)
The Lizard-Spock Expansion - S2-E8
Continuity mistake: When the guys are in the Mars Rover test room, the time displayed on the large digital clock seen behind Howard jumps about inconsistently between each shot. (00:07:50)
The White Asparagus Triangulation - S2-E9
Continuity mistake: When Sheldon is in Penny's apartment trying to get her to tell him why her relationship with Leonard failed, the yellow tee-shirt on the red pillow next to him keeps changing position.
The Barbarian Sublimation - S2-E3
Continuity mistake: After Penny drops her bags of groceries whilst trying to unlock her door, the dropped items change their positions between shots (note the items against the wall.) (00:02:05)
The Barbarian Sublimation - S2-E3
Continuity mistake: When Penny sneaks into Sheldon's room at night to ask him about the online game, she leaves his bedroom door half open. But when she leaves, the door is shut. (00:07:35)
The Griffin Equivalency - S2-E4
Continuity mistake: When talking about wanting a griffin, the bottles and strip of paper on the table keep moving between shots. (00:16:00)
The Griffin Equivalency - S2-E4
Continuity mistake: When discussing what qualities their new friend should have, the container Howard has changes position instantly. (00:17:20)
Continuity mistake: When Sheldon is sitting with Raj in his apartment watching television, the can of soda on the table in front of him rotates itself a couple of times. (00:14:40)
The Griffin Equivalency - S2-E4
Continuity mistake: In the opening scene, just after Howard says, 'Creepy good or creepy bad?', there is a shot where Howard is holding his food, even though Leonard hasn't given it to him yet and it isn't there in the shot before or after. After Leonard gives the food to Howard, the exact same shot is used after he says, 'I'm not necessarily talking about the food', so the shot was taken from there and it is shown twice. (00:00:25)
The White Asparagus Triangulation - S2-E9
Continuity mistake: When Leonard is helping Sheldon open the jar, the red napkin which he left on the couch where he was sitting changes position or vanishes in every shot.
The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis - S2-E11
Continuity mistake: When Leonard gives Penny her christmas gift, as she unwraps it she tears the paper off so that most of the box is exposed. In the next shot much more of the wrapping is back intact and differently positioned. (00:19:40)
The Lizard-Spock Expansion - S2-E8
Continuity mistake: When Leonard is talking to Penny in the laundry room; as he walks forward to ask her about whether him dating Stephanie is wrong, the box of washing powder on the machine behind him alternately has its lid closed or open. (00:14:00)
The Euclid Alternative - S2-E5
Continuity mistake: When driving down Euclid Avenue, the background is constantly changing between shots. In one shot it's a busy main street and in another it's a suburban street. (00:04:50)
The Financial Permeability - S2-E14
Continuity mistake: When Sheldon asks Penny if he lent her enough money, the container he is holding opens on its own. (00:09:25)
The Vartabedian Conundrum - S2-E10
Continuity mistake: When Stefanie and Leonard are talking in bed towards the end, Stefanie's arm moves from on her head to on her pillow instantly. (00:16:30)
The Lizard-Spock Expansion - S2-E8
Continuity mistake: When Raj says Star Trek 5 is worse than Star Trek 1, his hands are outspread. Camera cuts and now they are clasped together. (00:04:15)
The White Asparagus Triangulation - S2-E9
Continuity mistake: When Sheldon is questioning Raj and Howard in the cafeteria, the bottle of water is on Raj's tray faces the camera with the barcoded side. But in one closeup it rotates to show the logo-branded side.
Answer: Because Raj's selective mutism seems to be caused by women that Raj sees (on some sort of conscious or subconscious level) as a potential sexual partner. An attribute that wouldn't apply to either his sister or mother.