I do it now simply because I refuse to be pried off my position. I was taught by an old electrician who called them dykes and simply adopted it as the industry standard. Some years ago I was chastised for calling them dykes and that it was insensitive.
I responded that it was common usage and I am offended that those who have no expertise are going to dictate the terms.
HR was pretty incensed but realized that I wasn’t having any of it. It is my work that generates the products and innovations that allow them to keep their market position and that those assigned to my area need to adapt to the world as I see it.
If they ever force me to use special pronouns at work, I will be fired, no doubt. And I work at an extremely liberal place.