What was the limitation of universal male suffrage?

Correct answer: It did not include women

The governing concept is the distinction between universal male suffrage and genuinely universal suffrage. In the revolutionary context, the term meant that adult men, rather than only property-owning or tax-paying men, could participate in elections. However, the word male remained decisive: women were excluded from formal voting rights and could not vote in the election of the National Convention. Therefore option B is correct. Option A describes a restricted aristocratic system, not universal male suffrage. Option C is incorrect because voting was not limited to clergy, and option D reverses the meaning because many men did receive voting rights. The example shows that political equality had expanded, but gender equality had not.