かしら is generally considered to be a question particle for use by females; are
there any situations or dialects in which it is usable by males? I'm aware
that historically, it was used by both male and female speakers; I'm mostly
concerned about modern usage.

Edit: I'm quite aware that, normally, it sounds quite odd. I'm more concerned
about whether there are exceptional situations or dialects where male かしら
usage is common enough not to sound odd.
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word-choice dialects register sentence-final-particles
Are there any situations where かしら is considered appropriate/normal for males to use?
Well, you are always free to use かしら, whether if people think if you are a
weird is a different matter.

It's not as much as being inappropriate(in a social sense) as to sounding
weird.

Linguistically it's usually used by female speakers and male speakers who are
cross-dressers/gay as far as I know.
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Not that this answers your question, but it's quite possible. In the Kansai
area (and possibly elsewhere) it's quite normal for men to end sentences in わ.
So maybe there are places where they use かしら as well. Of course, you
(presumably you're a male) should probably stay away from it until you know
for sure.
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I did a search on this and found the following:

> 昔、TBSの番組「ザ・ベスト10」で久米宏が なに気に 「〜かしら」と言ったのを見て初めは かなり衝撃でしたが
> アナウンサーの業界では以外と使われている様です。 あと学者や解説者など、有識者や育ちのいい人が 今でも比較的違和感なく使っていますね。

Loose translation:

"Back in the days, Kume Hiroshi used it quite frequently in the show "The Best
10". While it may come as a shock to those who first experience it, it's
actually used quite often by TV announcers."

It also mentions usage by scholars, commentators, and experts in their
respective fields.

[Source](http://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q1111801521)

**EDIT**

As an edition, this was often used by one of the main male characters in the
popular manga series のび太くん, as shown here:

![Nobita-kun usage](https://i.stack.imgur.com/i7ywc.jpg)
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