Bourgeois democracy: The bourgeoisie eventually (after years of struggle and opposition) accepted a form of democratic governance, descendent of the elective monarchy system (such as the Sejm) through elected representatives. Bourgeois democracy at its beginning had minimum wealth/status requirements and sometimes led to different weight in voting, depending of the wealth/status of the voter. Historically it has also excluded (by force, segregation, legislation or other means) sections of the population such as women, slaves, ex-slaves, ethnic, linguistic and religious minorities.