my second paragraph is about limitations of women but im really only talking about portia, i would link it to the question by saying her experiences of being curbed by her father's will is an individual experience, but represents the overall collective experience of women during the context due to their limited rights + expectations for them to remain in the domestic sphere. then i would link it to the development of human qualities by saying that her limitations influenced the development of her qualities of agency and determination in taking control of her own will (juxtaposed to her father's will) by singing that goofy song to bassanio, and also by subverting gender as a whole when dressing as a man in the court scene.
trust anything can be manipulated to include human experiences and qualities!