My guess is that it's asking whether something is good or not, similar to saying いいですか.
So my question is what form is this and what does it stem from?
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SE allowing identical usernames can sure be confusing at times. Anyway, questions about かしら have been asked several times before, and I recommend using the search function. See for example this: japanese.stackexchange.com/q/164/5176– WillCommented Mar 21, 2021 at 23:32
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@Will Certainly is. For a second, I thought your comment was bot generated because it had found a duplicate question. Thanks for the link.– user6332430Commented Mar 21, 2021 at 23:38
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As (the other) Will suggested in the comments, there are already several posts where you can learn more about the usage of かしら. As a short answer to your question:
Rather than いいですか, in most (if not all) situations it's better to think of it as a version of saying いいかも(しれない), e.g. after someone suggested something, it could be used as a response meaning like "a yeah, that might be good/work".
They are the same, except いいかしら is feminine. If a dude was to utter it, it is, well, fabulous.
Just to confirm, as you wrote "something is good or not" - both いいですか？ and いいかしら？ are asking for permission/confirmation to go ahead, as opposed to asking if something is good or bad in quality.
similar:
- いいかな？casual
- いいかしら？feminine
- よろしいですか？formal
(seen in confirmation dialog of a software like, Deleting the file. Are you sure? ファイルを削除します。よろしいですか？)
Also look here, in the manga panel, a lady in Kimono is saying おとなり いいかしら？ - may I sit next to you?
