How does the novel 'Dracula' present issues of femininity?

Each female in 'Dracula' is presented in a very different way. Lucy is firstly presented as a 'Madonna' figure, being beautiful and virginal. However, after the 'marriage scene' with Dracula takes place she is presented as a whore, as she is no longer 'pure'. When the vampiric marriage is taking place, Lucy is wearing a white dress; this symbolising her purity and madonna status. However, her dress is stained with blood. This red contrasting with the white may be a suggestion towards the breaking of the hymen and is indeed symbolising her impurity. 
 This event leads to Lucy becoming unwell. This given physical consequence of her deviant behaviour (adultery), is perhaps contextually deeming women deserve it if the act in such a way. Towards the end of Lucy's downfall, close to her death, her lips are described as 'voluptuous' by Dr. Seward. Such lexis was used in depicting the vampiric brides, and therefore in using this sexual imagery is suggesting by losing her virginal status Lucy has fallen to the whorish status that the brides held.
 Mina's character is very different as one of her most obvious traits is how much she values the opinion of others and worries over how society, as a whole, will see her. This is apparent as when she decides to go and find Lucy, after she has disappeared, she is more conscious over the fact that she is barefoot outside over the whereabouts of her friend. As the reader knows Mina has a caring character and often acts in a motherly way towards Lucy, this prioritising shows just how conscious Mina is of what others think of her. Contextually, this may have been the case with many women at the time as they were suppressed and it would be seen outrageous for them to step out of their stereotypical given roles as women.
 The brides that Harker is tempted by hold an element of attraction and fear. the are depicted as 'thrilling and repulsive', this presented them to be the opposite of the 'madonna' figure. Even as their opposite, they are similar in one way; they are still under the control of men as Dracula declares 'how dare you touch him!' There is a reversal of the natural maternal role given to women as they kill a baby, this reinforcing the contextualised view that only virtuous women are fit to marry.
 Stoker presents women in a variety of ways, however does not appear to dispute the gender hierarchy, as men remain at the top, keeping the women in order and protecting them. The presentation of the provocative women being extremely deviant, may be a moral message from Stoker, exclaiming 'don;t let women run free'. This may be deemed appropraite as the era of the 'new women' was on the rise at the time 'Dracula was written.