LOS ANGELES — The powerful Hollywood women who set out to define an anti-sexual harassment agenda at the Golden Globes on Sunday, the first major awards ceremony of the #MeToo era, declared the evening a resounding success. But questions abounded about why men did not speak out onstage about the issue.

Attendees on and off the red carpet heeded the call to wear black in a show of support for sexual harassment victims. Meryl Streep, Emma Watson, Amy Poehler and five other actresses held red-carpet interviews with the feminist activists who joined them as guests. Woman after woman took to the stage and made deeply personal vows to help bring gender balance to Hollywood and harassment to an end.

“It’s amazing, and I’m so proud,” Eva Longoria, who attended draped in black, said during a break in the ceremony. She was one of hundreds of entertainment industry women who created Time’s Up, the initiative that aims to end sexual harassment across the country by, among other steps, establishing a legal fund and passing legislation.

“This was what this show was about,” Geena Davis, another Time’s Up organizer, said at a Globes after-party.