The Cooper-Hofstadter Polarization - S1-E9
Revealing mistake: When Leonard and Sheldon are fighting near the end they bump into the wall, which visibly shakes. (00:15:40)
The Cooper-Hofstadter Polarization - S1-E9
Continuity mistake: The video of the fight we see on Youtube is different to what we saw earlier in the episode.
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.