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It's not really though. As long as you're open to understand a good argument against a habit that you learned earlier and you're a respectful person, you shouldn't have a problem.
Ok. How were they cancelled?
Make a mistake, get corrected, and act accordingly. I say this as someone who has made plenty of mistakes and has been corrected plenty of times, and these days I find it easier to keep up with language that evolves. I wouldn't say it's an easy way to get cancelled, unless one insists on planting their feet in the dirt and not being willing to budge at all.
Were they cancelled, or did they just say a really stupid statement and face public backlash that typically come as a response to divisive, contrarian statements?
I don't think so. I'd say cancelled is more akin to being blacklisted.
Saying that this is keeping up with changing trends of what is politically correct language implies that there was a time when referring to women as "females" outside the context of a biology lesson didn't sound weird as hell. Have you got any sources for mass usage of the term in that way from the past?